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Site description (2007 baseline):
Site location and context
The site is bounded by the Rivers Duich and Laggan and two roads, and comprises a relatively undisturbed expanse of patterned mire with scattered peaty pools and lochs. These include deep watershed pools, a feature normally associated with more northerly blanket mires. In some areas the vegetation is modified by the trampling and nutrient input of gulls. The IBA is important as a roost especially in winter, and as a night feeding area for
Anser albifrons flavirostris.
Branta leucopsis are from the Greenland breeding population.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eilean na Muice Duibh, Islay (United Kingdom). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eilean-na-muice-duibh-islay-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.
