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The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	1994-2004	7-10 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2004).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ziemupe	Dabas liegums	2,381	protected area contained by site	2,436
Ziemupe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,381	protected area contained by site	0
Ziemupe	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,381	protected area contained by site	2,458
Akmensrags	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	25,829	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Akmensrags	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	25,878	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Akmensrags	Aizsargajama juras teritorija	25,830	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Akmensrags	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	25,829	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	-
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	-
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Marine Intertidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ziemupe. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ziemupe-iba-latvia on 02/10/2023.