Key Biodiversity Areas

Scapa Flow (2685)
United Kingdom, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPodiceps auritusHorned GrebeLC2007link-icon
AvesMelanitta fuscaLC2007link-icon
AvesGavia immerCommon LoonLC2007link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax aristotelisEuropean ShagLC2007link-icon
AvesCepphus grylleBlack GuillemotLC2007link-icon
AvesNumenius arquataEurasian CurlewLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Scapa Flow. 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 13, 2025.