Data Zone
Country/territory: Latvia
IBA criteria met: C6 (2004)
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Area: 4,212 ha
Site description (2004 baseline)
Two large and predominantly raised bogs surrounded by coniferous and deciduous forests near the border with Russia. Listed as an IBA since 1994 [5, 6, 1]. High protection level: there is a 87.7% overlap with two restricted nature reserves and candidate SPAs, Klesniku bog and Gulbju and Platpirovas bogs
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zabolotje bogs. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zabolotje-bogs-iba-latvia on 07/12/2023.
