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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
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	breeding	1994	66 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	breeding	2002	249 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B3, C3
Merlin Falco columbarius	LC	breeding	1994	9 breeding pairs	C6

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

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Great Skua Catharacta skua	165	249	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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	Unknown	Not assessed	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1961	Ronas Hill - North Roe	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	65
1980	Shetland	National Scenic Area	7
1988	Tingon	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	8
1991	Uyea - North Roe Coast	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1995	Tingon	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
1996	Ronas Hill - North Roe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	65
1997	Ronas Hill - North Roe & Tingon	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	72
2001	Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	72

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Blanket bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ronas-hill--north-roe-and-tingon-iba-united-kingdom on 24/11/2024.