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Site description (2000 baseline)
A large complex of raised bogs and extensive forests (including wet alluvial forests) in central Estonia, with fens, transition mires, and unregulated rivers with flood-plain and wooded meadows. The main land-uses are forestry, tourism, small-scale agriculture and berry-picking.

Key biodiversity
The mires and forests are important for several breeding species and an important staging area for migrating Cygnus columbianus and Grus grus.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Soomaa (Estonia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/soomaa-iba-estonia on 23/12/2024.