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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter (1994)	225–370 birds	B1i, C2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (1995)	41 pairs	B2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (1995)	139 pairs	C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding (1995)	666 pairs	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding (1995)	223 pairs	B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2010	Kilkieran Bay and Islands	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	34

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	80
Grassland	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	80
agriculture	10
not utilised	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Connemara Islands (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/connemara-islands-iba-ireland on 23/12/2024.