Papa Stour (United Kingdom) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Papa Stour

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	2000	1,079 breeding pairs	C6

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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	favourable	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	1,060	1,079	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Not assessed	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1961	Papa Stour	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	100
1994	Papa Stour	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	97
1996	Papa Stour	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
2005	Papa Stour	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	15

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Heathland	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Papa Stour (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/papa-stour-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.