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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
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding (1996)	348 pairs	B3
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding (1996)	8 pairs	B2, C6

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	350 / 350 (pairs)	100	good
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	9 / 8 (pairs)	100	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Some of area covered (10–49%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Komopassi-Pitkäniemennokka	Protected Areas on Private Land (-)	-
2011	Selkämeren kansallispuisto	Kansallispuisto (II)	38

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Forest	-
Marine Intertidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oura and Enskeri archipelagos (Finland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oura-and-enskeri-archipelagos-iba-finland on 25/12/2024.