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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1995)	20–30 pairs	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding (1995)	50–150 pairs	A1, A4i, B1i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding (1993)	2 pairs	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1977	Botanicheskiy pamyatnik Dubravy	Nature Monument (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	40
Wetlands (inland)	30	Standing freshwater; Raised bogs
Grassland	20	Humid grasslands
Artificial/Terrestrial	10

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	95
forestry	40
agriculture	30
not utilised	20

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flood-plain of Volkhov river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flood-plain-of-volkhov-river-iba-russia-(european) on 22/12/2024.