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Site description (2004 baseline)
A shallow (1.5 m) eutrophic lake with a silt bottom, low banks and a high (40%) cover of emergent vegetation. It is encircled by a belt of fens, bushes and, in parts, wet forest. Listed as an IBA since 2000 [3, 1]. Almost fully protected: there is a 98.2% overlap with Viku fen restricted nature reserve, a candidate SPA. Most of the gap between IBA and pSPA boundaries is due to differences in methods in boundary setting.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Lielauce (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-lielauce-iba-latvia on 22/11/2024.