Country/territory: Russia (European)
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, B1i (2000)
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Area: 940 hectares (9.40 km2)
Site description (2001 baseline)
System of artificial fishponds to the east of Arsk town.
Key biodiversity
This place are used also by ducks on spring migration. From 4700 to 11600 ducks stage on 1000 ha area. Could be an IBA becouse of rather large amount of birds on size, rather small in size.
Acknowledgements
The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Arski fish-ponds (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/arski-fish-ponds-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.