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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Wet flood-meadows, mostly dominated by
Carex, some ponds, and marshes with mixed forests, near the shores of Kuronian lagoon.
This is the main breeding area for
Acrocephalus paludicola in Lithuania. Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Crex crex and
Haliaetus albicilla (1 pair).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The area is covered by the national IBA monitoring network. Open habitats are threatened by natural succession to forests (`Other' threat).
National Partial
International None313 ha of IBA covered by Botanical/Zoological Reserve (Tyras, 313 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flooded coastal meadows near Tyrai bog (Lithuania). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flooded-coastal-meadows-near-tyrai-bog-iba-lithuania on 27/12/2024.
