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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
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1984	205 breeding pairs	B1i, 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
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	1,300	787	breeding pairs	61	unfavourable
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	410	41	individuals	10	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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
2000	West Westray	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2011	West Westray	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	9

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Westray Coast (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-westray-coast-iba-united-kingdom on 22/11/2024.