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Site description (2000 baseline):

An island and islet with rugged coasts, steep cliffs, and grass-covered slopes. The seabird colonies cover 100 ha of the island. Land-uses include sheep-grazing.

This is an internationally important seabird colony with over 250,000 pairs of breeding seabirds, including Rissa tridactyla (23,100 pairs) and Uria aalge ((9,500 individuals).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mykines and Mykineshólmur (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mykines-and-mykineshólmur-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 23/12/2024.