Key Biodiversity Areas

Uists Machairs, Lochs and Coast (2597)
United Kingdom, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesTringa totanusCommon RedshankLC2007link-icon
AvesLimosa lapponicaBar-tailed GodwitLC2007link-icon
AvesHaematopus ostralegusLC2007link-icon
AvesSternula albifronsLittle TernLC2007link-icon
AvesAnser anserGreylag GooseLC2007link-icon
AvesCalidris alpinaDunlinLC2007link-icon
AvesPhalaropus lobatusRed-necked PhalaropeLC2007link-icon
AvesPorzana porzanaSpotted CrakeLC2007link-icon
AvesCrex crexCorncrakeNT2007link-icon
AvesCharadrius hiaticulaCommon Ringed PloverLC2007link-icon
AvesSterna paradisaeaArctic TernLC2007link-icon
AvesArenaria interpresRuddy TurnstoneLC2007link-icon
AvesBranta leucopsisBarnacle GooseLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Uists Machairs, Lochs and Coast. 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.