Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2010
very unfavourable
high
high
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
population
good
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA 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
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Forest
Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland
-
Grassland
Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
-
Wetlands (inland)
Standing freshwater
-
Unknown
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
hunting
-
tourism/recreation
-
not utilised
-
unknown
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Siikalahti bay and Sammallampi lake. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/siikalahti-bay-and-sammallampi-lake-iba-finland on 24/09/2023.