Key Biodiversity Areas

Farne Islands (2470)
United Kingdom, Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesFratercula arcticaAtlantic PuffinLC2007A1b, A1d, D1alink-icon
AvesThalasseus sandvicensisSandwich TernLC2007D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPhalacrocorax aristotelisEuropean ShagLC2007link-icon
AvesSterna dougalliiRoseate TernLC2007link-icon
AvesSterna paradisaeaArctic TernLC2007link-icon
AvesSterna hirundoCommon TernLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Farne Islands. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 14, 2025.