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South Ceredigion Coast (Llangranog)


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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax LC breeding 2002 5 breeding pairs B2

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 favourable not assessed negligible
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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 3 5 breeding pairs 100 favourable

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%) Unknown Not assessed negligible

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1965 Lochtyn, Llangranog Nature Reserve 2
1967 Penbryn Nature Reserve 2
1982 Aberarth-carreg Wylan Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) 5
1982 Ceredigion Coast Heritage Coast 44
1996 Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 51
2005 Cardigan Bay / Bae Ceredigion Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) 42
2017 West Wales Marine / Gorllewin Cymru Forol Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 40

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land, Forestry plantations, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Other urban and industrial areas, Urban parks and gardens major (>10)
Grassland Dry siliceous grassland major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Shrubland Heathland major (>10)
Forest Broadleaved deciduous woodland minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal minor (<10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Ceredigion Coast (Llangranog) (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-ceredigion-coast-(llangranog)-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.