Inishtrahull (Ireland) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Inishtrahull

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding (1999)	127 pairs	B3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	not assessed	very high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	12	Dry siliceous grassland
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	60
not utilised	40
agriculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Inishtrahull (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/inishtrahull-iba-ireland on 21/12/2024.