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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1996	15,000-25,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	1996	5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage	1996	1 individuals	A4i, B1i
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1996	1 individuals	A4i, B1i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	passage	1996	300,000-400,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	passage	1996	300,000-400,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	passage	1996	100,000-200,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	1996	150,000-200,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage	1996	1 individuals	A4i, B1i
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	passage	1996	1 individuals	A4i, B1i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	passage	1996	100,000-200,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	passage	1996	100,000-300,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	passage	1996	1 individuals	B1i
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	passage	1996	20,000-40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	passage	1996	200,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	passage	1996	100,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	passage	1996	50,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	passage	1996	100,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1996	1,000,000-2,499,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Berezovye Ostrova	Zakaznik	21
1976	Vyborgskiy	Zakaznik	15
1994	Berezovye Islands, Gulf of Finland	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	21
2009	Berezovye Islands	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	91

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		85
Forest		11
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	50
tourism/recreation	50

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Berezoviye islands of Vyborg Bay (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/berezoviye-islands-of-vyborg-bay-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.