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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	2004	90-110 breeding pairs	B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2004	110-115 breeding pairs	B2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ozero Mescherskoe	Nature Monument	50	protected area overlaps with site	0
Dubrava u g. Gorodtsa	Nature Monument	5,010	protected area overlaps with site	0

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Bor department of Russian nature protection society	2005
NGO Club "Pink flamingo"	2005
Strochkovo middle school	2005
Youth tourist and excursion center in Balakhna	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Sand dunes and beaches	-
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flood-plain of Volga river between Gorodets and N.Novgorod. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flood-plain-of-volga-river-between-gorodets-and-n.novgorod-iba-russia-(european) on 05/12/2023.