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Chudsko-Pskovski Lake and the adjacent areas


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC non-breeding (-) max 5,600 birds A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding (-) 100 pairs A1
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra LC non-breeding (-) max 34,500 birds B1i
Black Stork Ciconia nigra LC breeding (-) 5–8 pairs B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga VU breeding (-) 3–4 pairs A1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes n/a passage (-) 20,000 birds A4iv, B1iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage (-) 200,000–300,000 birds A4iii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1976 Ozero Velino Nature Monument (III) <1
1976 Ozero Dolgoe Nature Monument (III) <1
1976 Ozero Goristoe Nature Monument (III) <1
1976 Ozero Uzhinskoe Nature Monument (III) <1
1979 Bel'skoe Nature Monument (III) <1
1979 Sotel'nyi mokh Nature Monument (III) <1
1979 Ostrov Verkhniy Nature Monument (III) -
1979 Dubborskoe Nature Monument (III) 2
1979 Krivoi mokh Nature Monument (III) -
1979 Turinskoe Nature Monument (III) <1
1979 Zolotoi mokh Nature Monument (III) -
1982 Urochische Gorodische-1, Gorodische-2 Nature Monument (III) -
1982 Ostrov Zemskiy Nature Monument (III) -
1985 Remdovsky Zakaznik (Federal) (IV) 17
1992 Pskovskiy Prigorodny Zakaznik (IV) 1
1996 Pechorskiy Zakaznik (IV) 4

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) 80
Forest 10
Artificial/Terrestrial 5
Grassland 5

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 25/12/2024.