The site was identified as important in 2006 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Red List1 |
Season |
Year(s) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
100-150 breeding pairs |
A3 |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
800-2,000 individuals |
A4i |
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
300-650 individuals |
A4i |
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis |
VU |
passage |
1999 |
3,000-7,000 individuals |
A1, A4i |
Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
passage |
1989-2001 |
5,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage |
1989-2001 |
10,000-30,000 individuals |
A4i |
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus |
VU |
passage |
2000 |
400-600 individuals |
A1, A4i |
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
70,000-150,000 individuals |
A4i |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
breeding |
2000 |
400-500 breeding pairs |
A3, A4i |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
passage |
2000 |
2,000-3,000 individuals |
A4i |
Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
350-700 breeding pairs |
A3, A4i |
Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
non-breeding |
1989-2001 |
2,600-25,000 individuals |
A4i |
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
LC |
breeding |
1966-2001 |
130-290 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Common Pochard Aythya ferina |
VU |
breeding |
2001 |
2,000-3,500 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Common Pochard Aythya ferina |
VU |
passage |
2001 |
10,000-20,000 individuals |
A4i |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
3,500-5,500 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
45,000-70,000 individuals |
A4i |
Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
35,000-60,000 individuals |
A4i |
Garganey Spatula querquedula |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
2,000-4,000 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Garganey Spatula querquedula |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
6,000-12,000 individuals |
A4i |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
2,500-3,500 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
10,000-15,000 individuals |
A4i |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
8,500-13,000 breeding pairs |
A3, A4i |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
40,000-65,000 individuals |
A4i |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
13,000-20,000 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
100,000-150,000 individuals |
A4i |
Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
3,000-4,500 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
9,000-15,000 individuals |
A4i |
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus |
VU |
breeding |
2001 |
1,000-3,000 breeding pairs |
A3, A4i |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
NT |
breeding |
2000 |
350-600 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
10,000-15,000 individuals |
A4i |
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
120,000-200,000 individuals |
A4i |
Dunlin Calidris alpina |
NT |
passage |
2001 |
20,000-40,000 individuals |
A4i |
Little Stint Calidris minuta |
LC |
passage |
2001 |
40,000-60,000 individuals |
A4i |
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura |
LC |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
300-600 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
9,000-15,000 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
7,000-8,000 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
1,000-2,000 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
350-500 breeding pairs |
A3 |
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus |
LC |
breeding |
2001 |
65,000-80,000 breeding pairs |
A4i |
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
LC |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
15,000-20,000 individuals |
A4i |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
15,000-20,000 individuals |
A4i |
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus |
LC |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
present |
A3 |
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus |
LC |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
present |
A3 |
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis |
LC |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
present |
A3 |
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla |
LC |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
present |
A3 |
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator |
LC |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola |
CR |
breeding |
1963-2000 |
700-1,000 breeding pairs |
A1 |
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica |
VU |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
present |
A3 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
breeding |
1989-2001 |
1,500,000-4,000,000 individuals |
A4iii |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.
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