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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1986)	30 pairs	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding (1998)	20 pairs	A1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding (1999)	11–12 pairs	A1, B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Sokol'e	Protected Landscape (V)	7
-	Ovinichnoe	Protected Landscape (V)	1
-	Gnilovskoe	Protected Landscape (V)	-
-	Razvilka	Protected Landscape (V)	-
-	Dolgoe	Protected Landscape (V)	-
1978	Sokol'skiy bor	Nature Monument (III)	4
1987	Kirillovskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	57
1992	Russky Sever	National Park (II)	20

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	52	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Raised bogs
Forest	40	Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Arable land

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	90
hunting	60
fisheries/aquaculture	35
forestry	35
water management	35
nature conservation and research	30
agriculture	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Siz'menski flood-plain of Sheksna reservoir (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sizmenski-flood-plain-of-sheksna-reservoir-iba-russia-(european) on 27/12/2024.