Data Zone
Country/territory: Faroe Islands (to Denmark)
IBA criteria met: A4ii, A4iii, B1ii, B2 (2000)
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Area: 1,028 ha
Site description (2000 baseline)
An island with rugged coasts, steep cliffs, boulder-screes, and grass slopes with important seabird colonies. Inland there are heath and moorland areas. Land-uses include sheep-grazing.
Key biodiversity
Nólsoy holds internationally important seabird colonies, with c.90,000 pairs of breeding seabird.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nólsoy (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nólsoy-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 22/11/2024.