Key Biodiversity Areas

Lough Neagh and Lough Beg (2531)
United Kingdom, Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesAythya ferinaCommon PochardLC2007A1dlink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesBucephala clangulaCommon GoldeneyeLC2007link-icon
AvesCygnus cygnusWhooper SwanLC2007link-icon
AvesPluvialis apricariaEurasian Golden PloverLC2007link-icon
AvesSterna hirundoCommon TernLC2007link-icon
AvesAythya marilaGreater ScaupLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Lough Neagh and Lough Beg. 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 16, 2025.