East Sanday (United Kingdom) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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East Sanday

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	winter	2007	838 individuals	B2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1994	135 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	very unfavourable	medium	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	710	85	individuals	12	very unfavourable
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	870	449	individuals	52	unfavourable
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	1,270	838	individuals	66	unfavourable
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	780	447	individuals	58	unfavourable
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	135	26	breeding pairs	20	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	Unknown	Not assessed	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1973	Northwall	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	11
1987	Central Sanday	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	31
1992	East Sanday Coast	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	73
1996	East Sanday Coast	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	48
1997	East Sanday Coast	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	73
1999	Sanday	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	49
2005	Sanday	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	49
2011	East Sanday Coast	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	49

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Machair	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	95
fisheries/aquaculture	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: East Sanday (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-sanday-iba-united-kingdom on 24/11/2024.