Data Zone
Country/territory: Finland
IBA Criteria met: A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C3 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 899 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2010 | high | very unfavourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A large, richly vegetated delta of the Porvoo river, with few small meadows along the shores. At the heart of the site is a largish, shallow area of open water (Stenbölefjärden) bordered by belts of Phragmites.
Key biodiversity
One of the most important breeding and staging areas for waterbirds in the country. Probably the best single congregatory area in spring in Finland for Mergus merganser and M. albellus. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (max. 2 individuals, passage), Crex crex (max. 3 pairs, breeding).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Porvoonjoki Delta. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 24/08/2019.
