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Site description (2000 baseline):

An island with rugged coasts, steep cliffs, boulder-screes, grass slopes, and moorland areas to 600 m. Land-uses include sheep- grazing.

This is an internationally important seabird colony with c.80,000 pairs of breeding seabird, including Rissa tridactyla (2,500 pairs) and Uria aalge (23,700 individuals).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fugloy (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fugloy-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.