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Fetlar

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding (2007)	18 pairs	C6

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	poor	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	18 / 27 (pairs)	67	poor
A4iii Species group - seabirds	8,808 / 13,147 (pairs)	67	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Not assessed	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	Fetlar	Nature Reserve (IV)	1
1971	North Fetlar	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV)	64
1972	Trona Mires	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV)	6
1986	Lamb Hoga	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV)	31
1989	Tressa Ness to Colbinstoft	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (III)	<1
1989	Virva	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (III)	<1
2011	Fetlar	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	6
2014	Fetlar to Haroldswick	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	6

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Shrubland	-	Heathland
Wetlands (inland)	-	Blanket bogs

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fetlar (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fetlar-iba-united-kingdom on 23/12/2024.