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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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding	2002	9 individuals	B2

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

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	7	9	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Unknown	Not assessed	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1954	Allt Wen a Traeth Tanybwlch	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	1
1979	Creigiau Pen y graig	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	1
1982	Ceredigion Coast	Heritage Coast	<1
1987	Rhos-Rydd	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1989	Creigiau Cwm-Ceriw a Ffos-las (Morfa Bychan)	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	1
1999	PENDINAS	Local Nature Reserve	<1
2017	West Wales Marine / Gorllewin Cymru Forol	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	50
2017	Northern Cardigan Bay / Gogledd Bae Ceredigion	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	11

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land	major (>10)
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Shrubland	Heathland, Scrub	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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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 23/11/2024.