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Delta of River Severnaya Dvina


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla LC passage 1997 21,000-66,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis LC passage 1996-1997 26,000-40,000 individuals A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage 1996-1997 73,000-122,000 individuals A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Dvinskoi Zakaznik Zakaznik -
1973 Dvinskoi Zakaznik 7
1987 Talazhskiy sosnovy bor Nature Monument -
1998 Belomorskiy Zakaznik 53

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land 9
Forest Alluvial and very wet forest 6
Grassland Humid grasslands 4
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture 50
hunting 30
tourism/recreation 20
agriculture 10
urban/industrial/transport 7
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Delta of River Severnaya Dvina (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/delta-of-river-severnaya-dvina-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.