Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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:
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 poor |
medium |
low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
population |
good |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
1973 |
Northwall
|
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) |
11 |
1987 |
Central Sanday
|
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) |
31 |
1996 |
East Sanday Coast
|
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) |
48 |
2005 |
Sanday
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA) |
49 |
2011 |
East Sanday Coast
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA) |
49 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Grassland |
- |
Machair |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
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 25/12/2024.