Lake Newland (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Lake Newland

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae	LC	non-breeding	1979-2007	500-820 individuals	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	non-breeding	1979-2007	15-36 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

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 (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	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
Natural system modifications	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2010	Lake Newland	Conservation Park	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved grassland & pasture	minor (<10)
Forest	Casuarina forests & woodlands	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Owned by the South Australian Government and managed by the Department for Environment and Heritage.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Newland (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-newland-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.