Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Common Eider Somateria mollissima | NT | passage | 1996 | 30,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | passage | 1996 | 41,000 individuals | A4iii, C4 |
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.
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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2010 | medium | unfavourable | low |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | Population |
Accuracy of information | medium |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Human intrusions and disturbance | recreational activities | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Pollution | agricultural & forestry effluents - nutrient loads | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Pollution | domestic & urban waste water - sewage | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Transportation and service corridors | shipping lanes | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Condition of key/trigger populations (state) | ||||||
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Scientific | Common | TargetPop | ActualPop | Units | Remaining | Result |
Somateria mollissima | Common Eider | 30000 | 18000 | individuals | 60 | unfavourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Some of site covered (10-49%) | No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun | Some limited conservation initiatives are in place | low |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Uddskatanin luonnonsuojelualue | Valtion luonnonsuojelualue | 32 | protected area contained by site | 29 |
TULLINIEMEN LUONNONSUOJEL | Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue | 2,245 | protected area contained by site | 2,338 |
Tulliniemen linnustonsuojelualue/ Tulliniemi bird protection area | Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) | 2,566 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Tulliniemen linnustonsuojelualue | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 2,566 | protected area overlaps with site | 2,566 |
Tulliniemen linnustonsuojelualue | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,566 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Saaristomeri /Archipelago Sea | Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) | 59,842 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Saaristomeri | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 59,842 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Saaristomeri | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 49,735 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Saaristomeren kansallispuisto | Kansallispuisto | 52,582 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Hanko western archipelago | Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) | 5,265 | protected area contained by site | 5,295 |
Bird Wetlands of Hanko and Tammisaari | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 55,196 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Marine Neritic | - | |
Coastline | - | |
Unknown | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
unknown | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hanko western archipelago. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.