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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
An island with rugged coasts, steep cliffs, boulder-screes, and grass slopes. Land-uses include sheep-grazing. The site comprises the northern and western coastline of the island.
This is an internationally important seabird colony with c.70,000 pairs of breeding seabird, including
Rissa tridactyla (15,600 pairs) and
Uria aalge (10,700 individuals).
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kalsoy (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kalsoy-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 07/12/2024.