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Bierazino

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding (2004)	20–25 pairs	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	poor	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Great Snipe Gallinago media	11 / 20 (males)	56	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1925	Berezinskiy	State Nature Reserve (Ia)	17

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	93	Humid grasslands
Shrubland	5	Scrub
Artificial/Terrestrial	1
Wetlands (inland)	1	Rivers and streams

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	98

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bierazino (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bierazino-iba-belarus on 27/12/2024.