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The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1994-2004	200-300 breeding pairs	C1
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	breeding	1994-2004	12-20 breeding pairs	C6
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	1994-2004	95-150 breeding pairs	C1, C2, C6
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	1994-2004	15-50 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Salas purvs	Nature Reserve	26
1999	Bērzpils purvs	Nature Reserve	22
1999	Lagażas - Šnitku purvs	Nature Reserve	23
1999	Pārabaine	Nature Reserve	5
2002	Lubana wetland complex	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	93
2004	Lubana mitrajs	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2009	Lubana mitrajs	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2009	Lubāna mitrājs	Dabas liegums	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs, Standing freshwater	32
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	26
Shrubland	Scrub	25
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	15
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	20
agriculture	10
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Berzpils bogs and flood-plains (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/berzpils-bogs-and-flood-plains-iba-latvia on 23/11/2024.