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Lake Il'men and adjoining marshy plain


IBA Justification

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'):
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus VU passage 1993 15-20 individuals A1
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding 1995 1,500-2,500 breeding pairs A1, B2
Great Snipe Gallinago media NT breeding 1995 200-300 breeding pairs A1, A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a unknown - min 20,000 individuals A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vostochno-Il'menskiy Zakaznik 9,463 protected area overlaps with site 9,463
Valun Siniy kamen' Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Siversov kanal Nature Monument 15 protected area overlaps with site 0
Proletarskie dubravy Nature Monument 638 protected area contained by site 0
Novgorodski Zakaznik Zapovednik 8,600 protected area overlaps with site 8,600
Nil'skie dubravy Nature Monument 115 protected area overlaps with site 0
Geologicheskiy pamyatnik Nature Monument 499 protected area overlaps with site 0
Bronnitskie dubravy Nature Monument 340 protected area overlaps with site 0
Borkovskie dubravy Nature Monument 469 protected area overlaps with site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
Grassland Humid grasslands -
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Fens, transition mires and springs -
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Other urban and industrial areas -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
fisheries/aquaculture -
forestry -
hunting -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Il'men and adjoining marshy plain. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-ilmen-and-adjoining-marshy-plain-iba-russia-(european) on 29/11/2023.