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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	2001	1,548-2,600 breeding pairs	B3, C2, C6
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous	VU	breeding	2001	310 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Stags of Broad Haven SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		95
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stags of Broadhaven (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stags-of-broadhaven-iba-ireland on 22/11/2024.