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The site was identified as important in 2004 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1994-2004	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	1994-2004	5-20 breeding pairs	C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	1994-2004	5-8 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1962	Randu pļavas	Dabas liegums	87
1997	Ziemeļvidzemes biosfēras rezervāts	Biosferas rezervats	100
2002	Randu plavas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	90
2004	Randu plavas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	90
2010	Ainaži-Salacgrīva	Aizsargajama juras teritorija	14
2011	Ainazi - Salacgriva	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14
2013	Ainazi-Salacgriva	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	14

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	23
Shrubland	Scrub	15
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas, Urban parks and gardens, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	12
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	11
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	20
fisheries/aquaculture	10
tourism/recreation	5
urban/industrial/transport	3

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Randu meadows (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/randu-meadows-iba-latvia on 23/11/2024.