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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
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	LC	breeding (2001–2002)	250 pairs	B2
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	breeding (1999)	1,930 pairs	B3
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding (2000)	268 pairs	B3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding (2000)	156 pairs	B3
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	breeding (2000)	3,239 birds	B3
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	breeding (2000)	21,436 birds	B1ii, C3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1998–2002)	20,000-49,999	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Saltee Islands	Nature Reserve (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	50	Ruderal land
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	50

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	50

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saltee Islands (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saltee-islands-iba-ireland on 24/12/2024.