Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year[s] of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
winter (1994–1997) |
3,640 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
winter (1994–1997) |
2,590 birds |
B1i, C2, C3, C6 |
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
LC |
resident (2002) |
26 pairs |
B2, C6 |
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 |
good |
medium |
medium |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
population |
good |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land |
Forest |
- |
Mixed woodland |
Grassland |
- |
Humid grasslands; Machair |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
Shrubland |
- |
Heathland |
Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater; Blanket bogs |
Land use |
% of IBA |
agriculture |
90 |
urban/industrial/transport |
5 |
water management |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rinns of Islay (United Kingdom). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rinns-of-islay-iba-united-kingdom on 06/12/2024.