Mid Ceredigion Coast (Aberystwyth - Llanrhystud) (United Kingdom) IBA | Details

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Mid Ceredigion Coast (Aberystwyth - Llanrhystud)

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IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding (2002)	9 birds	B2

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	good	not assessed	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	9 / 7 (pairs)	100	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	Unknown	Not assessed	very low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1954	Allt Wen a Traeth Tanybwlch	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV)	1
1979	Creigiau Pen y graig	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV)	1
1987	Rhos-Rydd	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV)	<1
1989	Creigiau Cwm-Ceriw a Ffos-las (Morfa Bychan)	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV)	1
2017	West Wales Marine / Gorllewin Cymru Forol	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) (UA)	50

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)	Forestry plantations; Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land
Grassland	major (>10)	Dry siliceous grassland
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Heathland; Scrub
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mid Ceredigion Coast (Aberystwyth - Llanrhystud) (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mid-ceredigion-coast-(aberystwyth--llanrhystud)-iba-united-kingdom on 23/12/2024.