Sheeps Head and Mizen Head peninsulas (Ireland) IBA | Details

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Sheeps Head and Mizen Head peninsulas

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding (2002)	49 pairs	B1iii, B2, C6

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	60	Mesophile grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	35
Shrubland	5	Heathland

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	65
not utilised	35

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sheeps Head and Mizen Head peninsulas (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sheeps-head-and-mizen-head-peninsulas-iba-ireland on 23/12/2024.