Neman river Delta and the coast of the Curonian Bay (Russia (European)) IBA | Details

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Neman river Delta and the coast of the Curonian Bay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage (1999)	20 birds	A1
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1999)	300–500 pairs	A1
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (2005)	6,000–8,000 pairs	A4i, B1i
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding (1999)	8–11 pairs	B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident (2005)	12–14 pairs	A1, B2
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding (1999)	4 pairs	B2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2005) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2005	not assessed	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1994	Djunnyi	Zakaznik (IV)	13

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name	Year formed
Caretaker of Delta Nemana i poberezh'ye Kurshskogo zaliva	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	30	Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Artificial/Terrestrial	15
Grassland	9	Humid grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	major (>10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
nature conservation and research	20
agriculture	-
forestry	-
not utilised	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Neman river Delta and the coast of the Curonian Bay (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/neman-river-delta-and-the-coast-of-the-curonian-bay-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.