Polesie Reserve (Belarus) IBA | Details

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Polesie Reserve This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2000)	30–50 pairs	B2
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (2000)	10–15 pairs	B2
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding (2004)	30 pairs	B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding (2000)	3–5 pairs	A1
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding (2000)	40–60 pairs	B3
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding (2000)	8–10 pairs	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	not assessed	very high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	likely in short term (<4 years)	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very 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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Paleski Radyaytsina-Ekalagichny	State Nature Reserve (Ia)	97
-	Khoya zvychainaya u Kirauskim lyasnitstve	Natural Monument (Local) (III)	-
1990	Polesski Radio-ecological	Zapovednik (-)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	40	Fens, transition mires and springs; Rivers and streams; Standing freshwater
Forest	30	Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Mixed woodland; Native coniferous woodland
Grassland	20	Humid grasslands; Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Artificial/Terrestrial	6
Other	4

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Polesie Reserve (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/polesie-reserve-iba-belarus on 25/12/2024.