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Trefor


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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax LC breeding (2002) 16 pairs B2

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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%) Unknown Not assessed very low

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1957 Llyn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (V) 56
1957 Lleyn (Llyn) Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (V) -
1971 Yr Eifl Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) 5
1971 Gallt-y-Bwlch Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) <1
1971 Carreg y Llam Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) <1
1979 Dinas Dinlle Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) <1
1981 Coed Elernion Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) <1
1981 Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) <1
1989 Gwydir Bay Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) 1
1989 Caeau Tan y Bwlch Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) <1
1990 Pistyll Nature Reserve (V) <1
1992 Coed Cwmgwared Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) <1
1993 Caeau Tan-y-Bwlch Nature Reserve (IV) <1
1995 Cappas Lwyd Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) <1
2001 Cors y Wlad Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV) <1
2002 Dinas Dinlle Nature Reserve (V) <1
2013 Yr Eifl National Nature Reserve (IV) <1

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Trefor (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/trefor-iba-united-kingdom on 23/12/2024.