- Noise disturbance at breeding sites.
- Gill nets.
- Marine pollution
e.g. oil and discarded plastic can holders.
- Lack of systematic data collection of breeding
seabirds and productivity, distribution of wintering birds and the frequency of use of Torbay and Lyme bay by Balearic Shearwater, especially to determine
feeding areas.
- Leisure activity disturbance
e.g. wind surfers, kite boarders, water skiing.
Seabirds
Torbay is nationally important as a winter roost site for a number of
bird species, holding up to 40% of the national winter population of
black-necked grebes. Berry Head is nationally important for its
guillemot colony, with up to 450 pairs present in the spring, forming
the largest breeding colony on the English Channel Coast.
Main Objectives & Key Actions:
1. Maintain suitable conditions
for internationally important populations of seabirds including, Balearic shearwater.
2. Maintain suitable conditions for
nationally important species of seabirds including black-necked grebe, shag, guillemot.
3. Maintain numbers of breeding herring gulls.
4. Improve data collection, dissemination and communication between groups.
Current threats to this species:
