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Site description (2004 baseline)
Eutrophic coastal freshwater lake, rich in emergent vegetation. The site is tightly encircled by polder dykes and surrounded mostly by farmland. A small area of wet natural meadows remains in the SW part. The site was included in the first European IBA inventory [3] and all subsequent site lists [4, 5, 1]. High protection level: there is a 97.9% overlap with Babite lake restricted nature reserve, a candidate SPA.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Babite lake (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/babite-lake-iba-latvia on 22/11/2024.