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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
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter	1999-2000	57 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	winter	1999-2000	160 individuals	C6
Common Loon Gavia immer	LC	winter	1999-2000	109 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	50	57	individuals	100	favourable
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	135	160	individuals	100	favourable
Common Loon Gavia immer	84	109	individuals	100	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1919	The Dodman and St Austell Bay	Nature Reserve	<1
1931	Gerrans and Veryan Bays	Nature Reserve	<1
1935	South Helford	Nature Reserve	<1
1938	North Helford	Nature Reserve	<1
1946	Trelissick	Nature Reserve	<1
1958	The Roseland	Nature Reserve	<1
1959	Cornwall	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty	70
1986	The Roseland	Heritage Coast	38
1986	Gribbin Head-Polperro	Heritage Coast	5
1986	Gerrans Bay To Camels Cove	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1990	Rosemullion	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1994	Meneage Coastal Section	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1996	Fal And Helford	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	28
1996	Upper Fal Estuary and Woods	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1997	Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1998	Cuckoo Rock To Turbot Point	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1998	Par Beach and St Andrews Road	Local Nature Reserve	<1
2000	Carricknath Point To Porthbean Beach	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
2005	Fal and Helford	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	27
2017	Falmouth Bay to St Austell Bay	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	96

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
military	-

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