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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
Artificial, reseeded meadows which flood in spring, on the Sizemski floodplain.
There is an increasing of number of rare species of birds like Osprey, White-tailed eagle as a result of low level of development of area.Info collected from local people: not less than 20.000 geese are stopping here during migration. But more researches are needed.
The area has a low population and is little used, providing a good conditions for concentrating rare breeding birds.
The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).
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 23/11/2024.
