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The site was identified as important in 2014 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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	2005-2006	977 individuals	A1
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding	2005-2006	2,800 breeding pairs	B1i, B3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	2005-2006	5,000 individuals	B1i, B3
Common Loon Gavia immer	LC	winter	2005-2006	100-150 individuals	B1i
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii	NT	winter	2005-2006	10-20 individuals	A1
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	2005-2006	500 breeding pairs	B3
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	winter	2005-2006	5,200 individuals	A4i, B1i, B3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	2005-2006	2,280 breeding pairs	B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	2005-2006	3,400 individuals	B1i
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	LC	winter	2005-2006	500-600 individuals	B3
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	winter	2005-2006	2,900 individuals	B1ii, B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1979	Froan	Naturreservat	53
1979	Froan	Dyrelivsfredning	36
1979	Froan	Landskapsvernområde	11
1979	Froan Animal Protection Area	Flora and Fauna Protection Area	16
1996	Froan Nature Reserve and Landscape Protection Area	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	64

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		90
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Shrubland	Heathland	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	85
fisheries/aquaculture	10
tourism/recreation	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Froan (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/froan-iba-norway on 23/11/2024.