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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	2004	90-110 breeding pairs	B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2004	110-115 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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap 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 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.

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Flood-plain of Volga river between Gorodets and N.Novgorod. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/06/2022.