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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
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	LC	breeding	1994	50 breeding pairs	B2
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	1994	500 breeding pairs	B2
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	NT	breeding	1994	1,000 breeding pairs	B3

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Lymnocryptes minimus	Jack Snipe	120	120	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Tringa glareola	Wood Sandpiper	850	850	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Anthus pratensis	Meadow Pipit	750	750	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Pöyrisvuoman soidensuojelualue	Soidensuojelualue	4,221	protected area overlaps with site	4,270
Pöyrisjärven Erämaa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	146,834	protected area contains site	0
Pöyrisjärven Erämaa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	146,834	protected area contains site	4,270
Pöyrisjärven erämaa	Erämaa-alue	127,426	protected area overlaps with site	4,270

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Pöyrisvuoma mire protection area. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 12/04/2021.