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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	2001-2006	1,200 individuals	B1i, C3

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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	5,100	1,200	individuals	24	very unfavourable

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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Stormont Loch (SWT)	Reserve	7
-	Loch of Lowes (SWT)	Reserve	12
1955	Lochs Clunie and Marlee	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	23
1969	Loch of the Lowes	Nature Reserve	19
1972	Lochs of Butterstone, Craiglush and Lowes	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	33
1972	Meikleour Area	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	20
1972	Hare Myre, Monk Myre and Stormont Loch	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	10
1980	River Tay (Dunkeld)	National Scenic Area	48
1984	Fungarth Juniper Wood	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	7
1984	Cardney Wood	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	4
1985	Den of Riechip	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	2
1996	Dunkeld - Blairgowrie Lochs	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	55
2002	River Tay	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	100
nature conservation and research	10
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tay - Isla Valley (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tay--isla-valley-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.