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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (1996)	100–450 birds	B1i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter (1996)	150–415 birds	B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1996)	40–60 pairs	A1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding (1996)	70–180 pairs	B3
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1996)	20–50 pairs	B2
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	breeding (1996)	3–5 pairs	B2
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	LC	breeding (1996)	430–550 pairs	B3
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides	LC	breeding (1996)	70–110 pairs	B3
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding (1996)	80–100 pairs	B3
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra	LC	breeding (1996)	200–280 pairs	B3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix	33 / 30 (pairs)	100	good
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	10 / 7 (pairs)	100	good
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	6 / 4 (pairs)	100	good
Greylag Goose Anser anser	2 / 25 (pairs)	8	very poor
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	4 / 68 (pairs)	6	very poor
Garganey Spatula querquedula	14 / 175 (pairs)	8	very poor
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	2 / 45 (pairs)	5	very poor
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	25 / 150 (pairs)	17	very poor
Anas crecca	125 / 95 (birds)	100	good
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	13 / 3 (pairs)	100	good
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	2 / 8 (pairs)	25	very poor
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	65 / 20 (pairs)	100	good
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	3 / 58 (pairs)	6	very poor
Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus	8 / 8 (pairs)	100	good
European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur	8 / 4 (pairs)	100	good
Streptopelia decaocto	8 / 18 (pairs)	45	poor
Common Swift Apus apus	8 / 8 (pairs)	100	good
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus	83 / 40 (pairs)	100	good
Rallus aquaticus	110 / 35 (pairs)	100	good
Corncrake Crex crex	35 / 50 (pairs)	70	moderate
Little Crake Zapornia parva	88 / 20 (pairs)	100	good
Gallinula chloropus	63 / 85 (pairs)	75	moderate
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	275 / 248 (pairs)	100	good
Common Crane Grus grus	2 / 2 (pairs)	100	good
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	3 / 4 (pairs)	75	moderate
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	11 / 19 (pairs)	58	poor
Ixobrychus minutus	55 / 35 (pairs)	100	good
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	28 / 18 (pairs)	100	good
Great White Egret Ardea alba	28 / 4 (pairs)	100	good
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius	13 / 6 (pairs)	100	good
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	10 / 68 (pairs)	15	very poor
Gallinago gallinago	4 / 18 (pairs)	23	very poor
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	113 / 363 (pairs)	32	very poor
Larus cachinnans	48 / 15 (pairs)	100	good
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	60 / 50 (pairs)	100	good
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	3 / 58 (pairs)	6	very poor
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	25 / 58 (pairs)	44	poor
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	23 / 18 (pairs)	100	good
Long-eared Owl Asio otus	6 / 5 (pairs)	100	good
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	9 / 22 (pairs)	41	poor
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	2 / 2 (pairs)	100	good
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus	2 / 2 (pairs)	100	good
Common Hoopoe Upupa epops	7 / 10 (pairs)	70	moderate
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster	6 / 8 (pairs)	75	moderate
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	6 / 4 (pairs)	100	good
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	4 / 2 (pairs)	100	good
Remiz pendulinus	45 / 45 (pairs)	100	good
Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus	285 / 100 (pairs)	100	good
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	1,150 / 490 (pairs)	100	good
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris	250 / 220 (pairs)	100	good
Common Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus	500 / 170 (pairs)	100	good
Acrocephalus arundinaceus	575 / 315 (pairs)	100	good
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus	450 / 625 (pairs)	72	moderate

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Other	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	63	Standing freshwater; Standing brackish and salt water; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs
Grassland	12	Humid grasslands
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Other urban and industrial areas
Shrubland	10	Scrub
Forest	5	Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	29
hunting	22
fisheries/aquaculture	19
not utilised	18
urban/industrial/transport	11

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lyman lake (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lyman-lake-iba-ukraine on 23/12/2024.