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Dolgy Reef and Bol'shoi Fiskar archipelagos


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC breeding (1995) 1,000–1,300 pairs B1i
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus LC breeding (1995) 1,000–1,500 pairs B1i, B3
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia LC breeding (1995) 26 pairs B2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic 85
Marine Coastal/Supratidal 15

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dolgy Reef and Bol'shoi Fiskar archipelagos (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dolgy-reef-and-bolshoi-fiskar-archipelagos-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.