Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
West Estonian Archipelago
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1,560,000
protected area contains site
5,735
Linnulaht Lake
Nature Reserve
285
protected area contained by site
285
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Forest
-
Wetlands (inland)
Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
fisheries/aquaculture
-
forestry
-
hunting
-
nature conservation and research
-
other
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Relict lakes of southern Saaremaa. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/relict-lakes-of-southern-saaremaa-iba-estonia on 08/12/2023.