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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1994	225-370 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1995	41 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1995	139 breeding pairs	C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	1995	666 breeding pairs	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1995	223 breeding pairs	B2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Cregduff Lough SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1996	Slyne Head Peninsula SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1996	Rosroe Bog SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Slyne Head Islands SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1999	Dog's Bay SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Murvey Machair SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Kilkieran Bay and Islands SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12
2010	Kilkieran Bay and Islands	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	34
2011	Slyne Head to Ardmore Point Islands SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		80
Grassland		10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.