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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1994-2004	300-600 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1994-2004	2,000-5,000 individuals	C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1994-2004	20-30 breeding pairs	C1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1994-2004	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1994-2004	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1994-2004	500-700 individuals	C2
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1994-2004	10-20 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
1997	Ziemeļvidzemes biosfēras rezervāts	Biosferas rezervats	100
1999	Sedas purvs	Dabas liegums	100
2002	Sedas purvs	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2004	Sedas purvs	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs, Standing freshwater	52
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	26
Shrubland	Scrub	18
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	3
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Seda marsh (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/seda-marsh-iba-latvia on 22/11/2024.