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Lavassaare


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2023 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC breeding 2017-2021 5-8 breeding pairs C6
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus VU breeding 2017 min 11 breeding pairs A1, B1b, C1, C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria LC breeding 2017-2021 392-400 breeding pairs C6
Dunlin Calidris alpina LC breeding 2017-2021 12-13 breeding pairs C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2023).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Virussaare rabasaar Nature Reserve 495 protected area overlaps with site 486
VEP nr.L01354 Woodland key habitat 3 protected area overlaps with site 0
VEP nr.L00768 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.L00767 Woodland key habitat 3 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.161140 Woodland key habitat 6 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.161122 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.161121 Woodland key habitat 0 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.161120 Woodland key habitat 0 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.160019 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.160017 Woodland key habitat 5 protected area contained by site 0
Ura MKA, Ura skv. Maastikukaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 311 protected area contained by site 0
Ura maastikukaitseala Maastikukaitseala (looduspark) 311 protected area contained by site 0
Ura maastikukaitseala Landscape Protection Area 310 protected area overlaps with site 304
Ura Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 311 protected area contained by site 310
Lavassaare püsielupaik Species Protection Site 69 protected area contained by site 69
Lavassaare looduskaitseala Looduskaitseala 11,132 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lavassaare LKA, Puistama skv. Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 732 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lavassaare LKA, Pereküla skv. Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 245 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lavassaare LKA, Õepa skv. Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 98 protected area contained by site 0
Lavassaare LKA, Lavassaare skv. Looduskaitseala looduslik sihtkaitsevöönd 9,449 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lavassaare LKA, Kiisamaa skv. Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 393 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lavassaare LKA, Kablima skv. Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 126 protected area contained by site 0
Lavassaare LKA, Ahaste skv. Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 90 protected area contained by site 0
Lavassaare hoiuala Limited Management Zone 8,599 protected area overlaps with site 8,423
Lavassaare Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 11,132 protected area overlaps with site 9,656
Lavassaare Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 11,444 protected area overlaps with site 9,960
Laisma püsielupaik Species Protection Site 624 protected area contained by site 624
Laisma püsielupaik Species Protection Site 79 protected area overlaps with site 53

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland) Raised bogs, Standing freshwater -
Shrubland -
Forest Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
hunting -
forestry -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lavassaare. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lavassaare-iba-estonia on 23/09/2023.