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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1998	400 individuals	B1i
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	1998	700 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage	1998	5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	passage	1998	300-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	passage	1998	2,400-2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Vyborgskiy	Zakaznik	17,495	protected area overlaps with site	2,600
Vyborgskii	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	10,945	protected area overlaps with site	0
Vyborgski Bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	10,907	protected area overlaps with site	2,357

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Open Sea, Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Rock stacks and islets, Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
not utilised	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Vyborgski Bay. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/08/2022.