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==Flora and fauna== Mousa's fertile soil supports a rich diversity of plants, including [[sheep's-bit]] and [[creeping willow]] in the herb-rich grassland, despite the wind, salt spray and grazing by sheep.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mousaboattrips.co.uk/Mousa_Leaflet_1.pdf |title=Mousa Reserve guide |publisher=RSPB |access-date=2007-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808175235/http://www.mousaboattrips.co.uk/Mousa_Leaflet_1.pdf |archive-date=2007-08-08 }}</ref> Mousa is known for [[gray seal|grey]] and [[common seal]]s, [[black guillemot]]s, [[Arctic tern]]s and [[storm-petrel]]s.<ref name=rspb>{{cite web| url=http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/m/mousa/index.asp| title=Mousa| publisher=RSPB| access-date=2007-12-10}}</ref> It holds c. 6,800 breeding pairs of [[European storm-petrel]]s in total. This represents about 8% of the British population and 2.6% of the world population.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ratcliffe | first1 = N. | last2 = Vaughan | first2 = D. | last3 = White | first3 = M. | year = 1998 | title = The status of Storm Petrels on Mousa, Shetland | journal = Scottish Birds | volume = 19 | pages = 154β159 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Harrop | first1 = Hugh | last2 = Tipling | first2 = David | year = 2002 | title = The Storm Petrels of Mousa | journal = [[Birding World]] | volume = 15 | issue = 8| pages = 332β333 }}</ref> The island is designated as both a [[Special Protection Area]] (SAC) and a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] (SSSI)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/SPA/UK9002361.pdf| title=SAC Standard Data Form| publisher=JNCC| access-date=2007-12-10| archive-date=28 July 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728175347/http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/SPA/UK9002361.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://sitelink.nature.scot/site/1204|title=Mousa SSSI|access-date=12 October 2020|publisher=NatureScott}}</ref> by [[NatureScot]], and is run as a reserve by the [[RSPB]].<ref name=rspb/> The island has also been identified as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) by [[BirdLife International]].<ref name=bli>{{cite web |url= https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2548 |title=Mousa|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024|website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 2024-09-01}}</ref> [[File:Peeriebard.jpg|left|thumb|The east coast of Mousa towards the [[Peerie Bard]]]] The seas surrounding the island host a population of [[sandeel]] that provides a food source for many species of fish, seabirds, seals, whales and dolphins: the area is considered to have the most reliable population of sandeels of all the seas surrounding Shetland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.snh.gov.uk/sitelink-api/v1/sites/10410/documents/48|title=Mousa to Boddam Marine Protected Area Summary|access-date=12 October 2020|publisher=Scottish Government}}</ref> These seas are therefore also protected, forming both a [[Special Area of Conservation]] (SAC) and a [[Marine Protected Areas in Scotland|Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area]] (NCMPA).<ref name=sac>{{cite web|url=https://sitelink.nature.scot/site/8333|title=Mousa SAC|access-date=12 October 2020|publisher=NatureScott}}</ref><ref name=mpa>{{cite web|url=https://sitelink.nature.scot/site/10410|title=Mousa to Boddam MPA(NC)|access-date=12 October 2020|publisher=NatureScott}}</ref>
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