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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1996	101-500 individuals	B1i, C2
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1996	45-70 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1996	101-500 individuals	B1i, C2
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1996	10-11 breeding pairs	B2, 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
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - dams (size unknown)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Porzana porzana	Spotted Crake	30	10	breeding pairs	34	very unfavourable
Botaurus stellaris	Eurasian Bittern	10	9	breeding pairs	90	near 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 comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
TIKKALEHTO	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	2	protected area overlaps with site	0
Siikalahti; Sammallampi, Rautalahti	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	682	protected area overlaps with site	420
Siikalahti Bay Area	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	682	protected area contains site	0
Siikalahti	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	465	protected area overlaps with site	364
Ripala	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	15	protected area overlaps with site	0
Parikkalan Sammallammen luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	78	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-
Unknown		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
not utilised	-
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Siikalahti bay and Sammallampi lake. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.