Laggan Peninsula (United Kingdom) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Laggan Peninsula

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1994-1997	2,760 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1994-1997	330 individuals	B1i, C2, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	very unfavourable	medium	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	3	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Laggan Peninsula and Bay	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	100
2000	Laggan; Islay	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland, Humid grasslands	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Wetlands (inland)	Blanket bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	95
forestry	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laggan Peninsula (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laggan-peninsula-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.