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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	1998	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1998	3,700-4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri	VU	passage	1998	60-100 individuals	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	1998	4,000 individuals	B1i
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	passage	1998	10,000-15,000 individuals	B1i
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	passage	1998	1,000-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	passage	1998	2,000-3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	1998	3,000-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	breeding	1998	7,000-10,000 breeding pairs	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mixed woodland	10
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	97

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Seskar island (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/seskar-island-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.