South Down Coast (United Kingdom) IBA | Details

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South Down Coast

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	winter (1989–1990)	685 birds	B1i, C3
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	winter (1989–1990)	1,190 birds	A4i, B1i, C3

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	not assessed	low	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Some of area covered (10–49%)	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1967	Lecale Coast	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (V)	-
1986	MOURNE AONB	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (NI) (V)	4
1986	Mourne	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (V)	-
1995	MURLOUGH	Area of Special Scientific Interest (NI) (IV)	16
2005	Murlough	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	23
2010	STRANGFORD & LECALE	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (NI) (V)	83
2011	Tyrella & Minerstown	Area of Special Scientific Interest (NI) (IV)	43
2014	St, John's Point	Area of Special Scientific Interest (NI) (IV)	7

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
not utilised	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Down Coast (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-down-coast-iba-united-kingdom on 23/12/2024.