Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1962 |
Claish Moss
|
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) |
3 |
| 1964 |
Loch Moidart
|
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) |
4 |
| 1971 |
Loch Shiel
|
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) |
16 |
| 1978 |
Claish Moss
|
National Nature Reserve (IV) |
3 |
| 1987 |
Lochailort
|
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (III) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
- |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland |
| Grassland |
- |
|
| Shrubland |
- |
Heathland |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Raised bogs; Standing freshwater |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| forestry |
- |
| hunting |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rois-bheinn (United Kingdom). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rois-bheinn-iba-united-kingdom on 28/12/2024.
