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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
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	breeding	2003	11 breeding pairs	B2, C6

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

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%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Loch Shiel	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	3
1974	Strontian Mines	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1980	Loch Shiel	National Scenic Area	17
1981	Strontian River	Site of Special Scientific Interest	<1
1996	Ardgour Pinewoods	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	2
1998	Ardgour Pinewoods	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1998	River Moidart	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1998	River Moidart	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
2001	Loch Moidart And Loch Shiel Woods	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2010	Moidart and Ardgour	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Humid grasslands	major (>10)
Shrubland	Heathland, Scrub	major (>10)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Blanket bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Moidart and Ardgour (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/moidart-and-ardgour-iba-united-kingdom on 24/11/2024.