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The site was identified as important in 2004 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	1992-1999	71,000-142,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	winter	1992-1999	14,000-80,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	non-breeding	1991-1999	6,550-13,425 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1992	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1977	Kaltenes krasta veidojumi	Dabas piemineklis	<1
1995	Lake Engure	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5
2002	Gipka	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Ģipka	Dabas liegums	<1
2010	Rīgas līča rietumu piekraste	Aizsargajama juras teritorija	100
2011	Rigas lica rietumu piekraste	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2011	Rigas lica rietumu piekraste	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2013	Rigas lica rietumu piekraste	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gulf of Riga, west coast (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gulf-of-riga-west-coast-iba-latvia on 22/11/2024.