The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
100–150 pairs |
A3 |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
passage (2001) |
800–2,000 birds |
A4i |
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
passage (2001) |
300–650 birds |
A4i |
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis |
VU |
passage (1999) |
3,000–7,000 birds |
A1, A4i |
Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
passage (1989–2001) |
5,000–10,000 birds |
A4i |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage (1989–2001) |
10,000–30,000 birds |
A4i |
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus |
VU |
passage (2000) |
400–600 birds |
A1, A4i |
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra |
LC |
passage (2001) |
70,000–150,000 birds |
A4i |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
400–500 pairs |
A3, A4i |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
passage (2000) |
2,000–3,000 birds |
A4i |
Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
350–700 pairs |
A3, A4i |
Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
non-breeding (1989–2001) |
2,600–25,000 birds |
A4i |
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
LC |
breeding (1966–2001) |
130–290 pairs |
A4i |
Common Pochard Aythya ferina |
VU |
breeding (2001) |
2,000–3,500 pairs |
A4i |
Common Pochard Aythya ferina |
VU |
passage (2001) |
10,000–20,000 birds |
A4i |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
3,500–5,500 pairs |
A4i |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
passage (2001) |
45,000–70,000 birds |
A4i |
Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
passage (2001) |
35,000–60,000 birds |
A4i |
Garganey Spatula querquedula |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
2,000–4,000 pairs |
A4i |
Garganey Spatula querquedula |
LC |
passage (2001) |
6,000–12,000 birds |
A4i |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
2,500–3,500 pairs |
A4i |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
passage (2001) |
10,000–15,000 birds |
A4i |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
8,500–13,000 pairs |
A3, A4i |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope |
LC |
passage (2001) |
40,000–65,000 birds |
A4i |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
13,000–20,000 pairs |
A4i |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
passage (2001) |
100,000–150,000 birds |
A4i |
Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
3,000–4,500 pairs |
A4i |
Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
passage (2001) |
9,000–15,000 birds |
A4i |
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus |
VU |
breeding (2001) |
1,000–3,000 pairs |
A3, A4i |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
NT |
breeding (2000) |
350–600 pairs |
A4i |
Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
passage (2001) |
10,000–15,000 birds |
A4i |
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii |
LC |
passage (2001) |
120,000–200,000 birds |
A4i |
Dunlin Calidris alpina |
NT |
passage (2001) |
20,000–40,000 birds |
A4i |
Little Stint Calidris minuta |
LC |
passage (2001) |
40,000–60,000 birds |
A4i |
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura |
LC |
breeding (1989–2001) |
300–600 pairs |
A4i |
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
9,000–15,000 pairs |
A4i |
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
7,000–8,000 pairs |
A4i |
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
1,000–2,000 pairs |
A4i |
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
350–500 pairs |
A3 |
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
65,000–80,000 pairs |
A4i |
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
LC |
breeding (1989–2001) |
15,000–20,000 birds |
A4i |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding (1989–2001) |
15,000–20,000 birds |
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 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 birds |
A4iii |