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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A large, swampy wetland of reedbeds, lakes, forests, and meadows. Biržulis lake is very shallow and surrounded by reedbeds. Sterva lake is surrounded by bogs. This IBA was previously known as `Lakes Biržulis and Styrvas' in the previous pan-European inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989).
An important breeding site for
Botaurus stellaris and
Larus minutus. Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Crex crex (a few calling males).
National High
International None16,495 ha of IBA covered by Regional Park (Varniai, 16,495 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Birzulius-Stervas marshes complex (Lithuania). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/birzulius-stervas-marshes-complex-iba-lithuania on 23/12/2024.
