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Site description (2007 baseline):

Two large and two small islands with associated skerries, lying about 6 km west of Lewis in the Minch. The vegetation consists primarily of maritime heath and grassland. The islands support breeding seabirds and wintering and passage Greenland Branta leucopsis.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shiant Isles (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shiant-isles-iba-united-kingdom on 28/12/2024.