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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding	2002	105 breeding pairs	B1iii, B2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	118	105	breeding pairs	89	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1996	Mount Brandon SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
1999	Tralee Bay and Magharees Peninsula; West to Cloghane SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
2009	Tralee Bay and Magharees Peninsula, West To Cloghane	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	6
2010	Dingle Peninsula SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	20
2011	Tralee Bay Complex SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		50
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	30
Shrubland	Heathland	20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	50
not utilised	50

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dingle peninsula (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dingle-peninsula-iba-ireland on 23/11/2024.