RU1058
Rybinsk reservoir


IBA Justification

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
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC passage (1996) 7,500 birds B1i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata LC breeding (1996) 700 pairs B1i
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus LC breeding (1996) 150 pairs B2
Mew Gull Larus canus LC breeding (1996) 1,750 pairs B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding (1996) 150 pairs B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC breeding (1996) 22–28 pairs A1, B2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Ostrov Morotskoe Protected Landscape (V) 6
- Yurshinskiy ostrov Nature Monument (III) -
- Urochische Nakhtinskaya dacha Nature Monument (III) -
- Gorelovskiy sosnovyi bor Nature Monument (III) -
- Parkovyi les na beregu Volgi Nature Monument (III) -
- Breitovskiy park Nature Monument (III) -
- Sosnovaya roscha vblizi ul.Parkovaya, s.Breitovo Nature Monument (III) -
- Berezovaya roscha u s.Breitovo Nature Monument (III) -
- Kedr v d.Bol'shoe Zaimische Nature Monument (III) -
- Lesnoi massiv Yagodnaya Nature Monument (III) -
- Gruppa ostrovov v Rybinskom vodokhranilische Nature Monument (III) -
- Starinnye grafskie prudy s lipami i topolyami Nature Monument (III) -
- Park m.Andreevskoe Nature Monument (III) -
1945 Darvinsky Zapovednik (Ia) 18
1992 Roscha beri'ezovaya Nature Monument (III) -
1992 Kedr Ust'lamskiy Nature Monument (III) -
1992 Park Djudiki Nature Monument (III) -
1993 Alferovskiy Zakaznik (IV) 2
1993 Floristicheskiy Zakaznik (IV) 1
1993 Ermakovskiy Zakaznik (IV) 1
1993 Talitskiy Zakaznik (IV) <1
1993 Dendropark s.Miljushino Nature Monument (III) -
1993 Park d.Kostino Nature Monument (III) -
1993 Park m.Murzino Nature Monument (III) -
1993 Park p.Borok Nature Monument (III) -
1995 Boloto No 2 (Privorotskoe lesnichestvo) Zakaznik (IV) -
1995 Boloto No 3 Pogoreloe (Privorotskoe lesnichestvo) Zakaznik (IV) -
1995 Boloto No 4 Chembrovskoe (Lamskoe lesnichestvo) Zakaznik (IV) -
2002 Darvinskiy UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 22

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) 90 Standing freshwater; Raised bogs; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs
Forest 5 Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial 3 Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting 65
water management 40
nature conservation and research 35
agriculture 10
tourism/recreation 10
urban/industrial/transport 5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rybinsk reservoir (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rybinsk-reservoir-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.