IE011
Dunfanaghy New Lake


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC winter (2002–2004) 386–1,000 birds B1i, C2, C6

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 10 Forestry plantations
Grassland 10 Mesophile grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Intertidal minor (<10)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 50
agriculture 40
forestry 10


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dunfanaghy New Lake (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dunfanaghy-new-lake-iba-ireland on 23/12/2024.