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Tuhu-Kesu


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2003 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
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria LC breeding 1995-2001 100 breeding pairs C6
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola LC breeding 1995-2001 150 breeding pairs C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos LC breeding 2000-2002 3 breeding pairs C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus LC breeding 1995-2001 5 breeding pairs C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2003).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
VEP nr.L01805 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.L01804 Woodland key habitat 5 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.L01294 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.L01245 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 2 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.L01244 Woodland key habitat 3 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.L00083 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 3 protected area overlaps with site 0
VEP nr.160034 Woodland key habitat 2 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.160002 Woodland key habitat 2 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.155090 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.155080 Woodland key habitat 0 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.155079 Woodland key habitat 0 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.155078 Woodland key habitat 2 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.155077 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.117167 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.115068 Woodland key habitat 0 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.115065 Woodland key habitat 3 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.115048 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 0 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.115047 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.115035 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.115034 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 2 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.115033 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 3 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.115032 Võtmebiotoop ehk vääriselupaik 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
VEP nr.000929 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.000928 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.000927 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
VEP nr.000926 Woodland key habitat 1 protected area contained by site 0
Tuhu-Kesu Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 19,297 protected area overlaps with site 18,818
Tuhu hoiuala (Pärnu) Hoiuala 113 protected area contained by site 0
Tuhu Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 4,048 protected area overlaps with site 4,027
Lihula MKA, Lihula skv. Maastikukaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 551 protected area contained by site 0
Lihula MKA, Lihula pv. Maastikukaitseala piiranguvöönd 6,102 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lihula maastikukaitseala Maastikukaitseala (looduspark) 6,654 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lihula hoiuala Hoiuala 100 protected area contained by site 0
Lihula Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 6,754 protected area overlaps with site 6,719
Lihula Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 6,620 protected area overlaps with site 0
Avaste looduskaitseala Looduskaitseala 8,841 protected area overlaps with site 0
Avaste LKA, Sõõrike pv. Limited management zone of nature reserve 57 protected area overlaps with site 0
Avaste LKA, Soontagana skv. Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 35 protected area contained by site 0
Avaste LKA, Parasmaa skv. Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd 171 protected area contained by site 0
Avaste LKA, Parasmaa pv. Limited management zone of nature reserve 30 protected area overlaps with site 0
Avaste LKA, Mangu skv. Looduskaitseala looduslik sihtkaitsevöönd 241 protected area overlaps with site 0
Avaste LKA, Kojastu skv. Wilderness conservation zone of nature reserve 57 protected area contained by site 0
Avaste LKA, Kesu skv. Wilderness conservation zone of nature reserve 3,640 protected area overlaps with site 0
Avaste LKA, Avaste soo skv. Wilderness conservation zone of nature reserve 4,610 protected area contained by site 0
Avaste Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 8,495 protected area contained by site 8,451

Habitats

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

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tuhu-Kesu. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tuhu-kesu-iba-estonia on 04/10/2023.