IE024
West Donegal coast


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle LC breeding (1999) 155 birds B2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax LC breeding (2003) 49 pairs B1iii, B2, C6

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland 50 Mesophile grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal 35
Shrubland 15 Heathland

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 65
not utilised 35


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: West Donegal coast (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/west-donegal-coast-iba-ireland on 23/12/2024.