RU1071
Homeland of the Crane (Dubna marshes and adjacent areas)


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC passage 2007 5,000 individuals B1i
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding 1995 100-150 breeding pairs A1
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage 2006-2008 1,213-1,600 individuals B1i
Great Snipe Gallinago media NT breeding 2005-2008 20 breeding pairs A1
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga VU breeding 1998 3-8 breeding pairs A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Zshuravlinaya rodina Nature Monument 1
1977 Bol'shoe i Maloe Tugolyanskie ozera i prilegajuschiy bolotnyi massiv Zakaznik 4
1979 Zhuravlinaya rodina Zakaznik 20
1984 Dubnenskaya koloniya serykh tsapel' Nature Monument <1
1988 Dubnenskiy levoberezhnyi Zakaznik 2
1989 Zabolotskiy Zakaznik 5
1989 Perekhodnoe boloto v Torgoshinskom lesnitchestveve i prilegajuschie lesa Zakaznik 4
1989 Kompleks syrykh lesov i lesnykh bolot Zakaznik 2
1992 Kostantinovskiy chernool'shanik Zakaznik 2

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name Year formed
Caretaker of Zhuravlinaya Rodina 2005
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Native coniferous woodland 50
Wetlands (inland) Fens, transition mires and springs, Raised bogs, Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater 49
Artificial/Terrestrial Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas 38
Grassland Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands 12
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting 100
nature conservation and research 53
forestry 50
agriculture 48
urban/industrial/transport 2


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Homeland of the Crane (Dubna marshes and adjacent areas) (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/homeland-of-the-crane-(dubna-marshes-and-adjacent-areas)-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.