Data Zone
Country/territory: Latvia
IBA criteria met: C1, C6 (2004)
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Area: 392 hectares (3.92 km2)
Site description (2004 baseline)
The site consists of several small and separate fragments of Lielupe river floodplain meadows, some of the last surviving examples of its once vast floodplains. Listed as an IBA since 2000 [3, 1]. High protection level: there is a 89.1% overlap with Lielupe floodplain meadows restricted nature reserve, a candidate SPA. The gap between IBA and pSPA boundaries is partly due to differences in methods in boundary setting.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lielupe flood-plain meadows (Latvia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lielupe-flood-plain-meadows-iba-latvia on 25/12/2024.