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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1996	1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1996	290 individuals	B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1996	1,500 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1996	2,800 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	1996	40 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	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - dams (size unknown)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Cygnus cygnus	Whooper Swan	1000	750	individuals	75	near favourable
Anser anser	Greylag Goose	2000	4000	individuals	100	favourable
Anser fabalis	Bean Goose	1500	800	individuals	54	unfavourable
Grus grus	Common Crane	3000	6500	individuals	100	favourable

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site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Södra Stadsfjärden-Söderfjärden-Öjen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,855	protected area overlaps with site	0
Södra Stadsfjärden-Söderfjärden-Öjen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,855	protected area overlaps with site	2,459
Södra Stadsfjärden 4	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	37	protected area contained by site	0
Södra Stadsfjärden 3 - Pikisaaret	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	73	protected area overlaps with site	0
Södra Stadsfjärden 2	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	140	protected area overlaps with site	0
Södra Stadsfjärden 1	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	196	protected area overlaps with site	0
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	336,900	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Coastline	Lagoons	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
unknown	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sundominlahti Bay and Söderfjärden. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/06/2022.