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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
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.
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).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Fishing may deplete the prey stock of seabirds, with implications for their breeding success.
National None
International High337 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Inishglora and Inishkeeragh, 337 ha).
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 23/11/2024.
