Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A low offshore island of boggy grassland, with low cliffs. Neighbouring islands in surrounding waters are also included. Land-uses include summer-homes, some grazing, tourism, collection of
Uria aalge eggs, and traditional harvesting of adult
Fratercula arctica (`Other' land-use).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
No serious threats are known. The area is on the list of sites of conservation interest in the Nature Conservation Register.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Papey (Iceland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/papey-iba-iceland on 23/11/2024.
