Key Biodiversity Areas

Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands (2572)
United Kingdom, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesGavia arcticaArctic LoonLC2007link-icon
AvesFalco peregrinusLC2007link-icon
AvesPluvialis apricariaEurasian Golden PloverLC2007link-icon
AvesAquila chrysaetosGolden EagleLC2007link-icon
AvesCalidris alpinaDunlinLC2007link-icon
AvesCircus cyaneusLC2007link-icon
AvesTringa glareolaWood SandpiperLC2007link-icon
AvesFalco columbariusMerlinLC2007link-icon
AvesAsio flammeusShort-eared OwlLC2007link-icon
AvesAnser anserGreylag GooseLC2007link-icon
AvesGavia stellataRed-throated LoonLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands. 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 12, 2025.