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Chudsko-Pskovski Lake and the adjacent areas


IBA Justification

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
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC non-breeding - max 5,600 individuals A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding - 100 breeding pairs A1
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra LC non-breeding - max 34,500 individuals B1i
Black Stork Ciconia nigra LC breeding - 5-8 breeding pairs B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga VU breeding - 3-4 breeding pairs A1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes n/a passage - 20,000 individuals A4iv, B1iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage - 200,000-300,000 individuals A4iii

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Name Unknown, site No. 902 (Pskovskaya obl.) Not reported <1
1976 Ozero Velino Nature Monument <1
1976 Ozero Dolgoe Nature Monument <1
1976 Ozero Goristoe Nature Monument <1
1976 Ozero Uzhinskoe Nature Monument <1
1979 Bel'skoe Nature Monument <1
1979 Sotel'nyi mokh Nature Monument <1
1979 Zolotoi mokh Nature Monument -
1979 Dubborskoe Nature Monument 2
1979 Krivoi mokh Nature Monument -
1979 Turinskoe Nature Monument <1
1979 Ostrov Verkhniy Nature Monument -
1982 Urochische Gorodische-1, Gorodische-2 Nature Monument -
1982 Ostrov Zemskiy Nature Monument -
1985 Remdovsky Zakaznik (Federal) 17
1992 Pskovskiy Prigorodny Zakaznik 1
1994 Pskovsko-Chudskaya Lowland Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 25
1996 Pechorskiy Zakaznik 4

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Wetlands (inland) 80
Forest 10
Artificial/Terrestrial 5
Grassland 5
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 25
fisheries/aquaculture -
tourism/recreation -
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chudsko-Pskovski Lake and the adjacent areas (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chudsko-pskovski-lake-and-the-adjacent-areas-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.