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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage	1997	2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding	1997	170 breeding pairs	B3
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	1997	50-60 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6

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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Anser anser	Greylag Goose	1200	1750	individuals	100	favourable
Mergus merganser	Goosander	800	450	individuals	57	not assessed
Larus fuscus	Lesser Black-backed Gull	170	170	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Perämeren saaret	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7,136	protected area overlaps with site	0
Perämeren saaret	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,136	protected area overlaps with site	4,195
Krunnit Islands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4,435	protected area contained by site	4,436
Krunnien luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	4,424	protected area overlaps with site	4,434

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Rock stacks and islets	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Krunnit archipelago. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/01/2022.