Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
4,214–6,969 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B3, C2, C6 |
| Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
4,815–9,235 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C3 |
| A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (2000) |
10,000-19,999 |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1987 |
Puffin Island
|
Nature Reserve (IV) |
100
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
80 |
Mesophile grasslands |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
20 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
100 |
| agriculture |
80 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Puffin Island (Ireland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/puffin-island-iba-ireland on 24/12/2024.
