Sanda Island (United Kingdom) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sanda Island

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
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	1999	500 breeding pairs	B3
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	breeding	1999	2,910 individuals	B3

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	near favourable	low	low
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
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	690	500	breeding pairs	73	near favourable
Razorbill Alca torda	3,239	2,910	individuals	90	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Sanda Islands	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	42
2014	Clyde Sea Sill	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	13
2014	Clyde Sea Sill	Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area	13

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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