Rousay (United Kingdom) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Rousay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	2007	24 nests	C7

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

IBA Conservation

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	very unfavourable	high	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	925	24	breeding pairs	3	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1973	Rousay	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	100
1997	Rousay	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2011	Rousay	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	7

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Blanket bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	50
not utilised	50
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rousay (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rousay-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.