Data Zone
Country/territory: Ireland
IBA criteria met: B1ii, B3, C2, C6 (2009)
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Area: 337 hectares (3.37 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
Two low-lying offshore islands, 1 km west of Corraun Point on the Mullet peninsula, County Mayo. This site includes Carricknaronty Rocks, Duffar Rocks and the surrounding sea area.
Key biodiversity
These islands are important for their breeding colonies of seabirds, and are also notable for wintering Branta leucopsis (265 birds, 1994; birds also use sites 043 and 044), and for breeding Sterna paradisaea (105 pairs, 1995). There are also small numbers of Sterna albifrons. Other breeding seabirds in numbers of national importance are Phalacrocorax carbo (57 pairs), Larus marinus (75 pairs) and Larus fuscus (min. 20 pairs).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Inishglora and Inishkeeragh (Ireland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/inishglora-and-inishkeeragh-iba-ireland on 24/12/2024.