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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	1992	140 breeding pairs	B2

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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	problematic native species/diseases - unspecified species	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Hydrocoloeus minutus	Little Gull	140	55	breeding pairs	40	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
PÄÄTYEENLAHTI 4 (LUONNONSUOJELUALUE)	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	4	protected area overlaps with site	0
PÄÄTYEENLAHTI 2 KESKIOSA (LS.ALUE)	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	49	protected area overlaps with site	92
PÄÄTYEENLAHTI 1 POHJ.OSA (LS. ALUE)	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	35	protected area overlaps with site	0
Päätyeenlahti	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	314	protected area overlaps with site	314
PÄÄTYEENLAHT1 3 (LS.ALUE)	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	6	protected area contained by site	0
Päätyeenlahden luonnonsuojelualue 5	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	39	protected area contained by site	0
Päätyeenlahden luonnonsuojelualue 4	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	171	protected area overlaps with site	0
Päätye-Sepänniemi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12	protected area contained by site	12
Bird-lakes of Rääkkylä and Kitee	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,227	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-
unknown	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Päätyeenlahti bay. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/12/2020.