Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
passage (1998) |
500–1,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
passage (1998) |
250–1,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
passage (1998) |
2,500–6,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
passage (1998) |
300–500 birds |
B1i |
| Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus |
LC |
passage (1998) |
3,000–6,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus |
LC |
passage (1998) |
500–1,500 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus |
LC |
passage (1998) |
1,500–2,500 birds |
B1i |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Strel'ninskiy bereg
|
Nature Monument (III) |
-
|
| 1992 |
Strel'ninskiy bereg |
Nature Monument (III) |
3 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
26 |
Urban parks and gardens; Other urban and industrial areas |
| Forest |
20 |
Mixed woodland |
| Shrubland |
5 |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| not utilised |
35 |
| tourism/recreation |
30 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
25 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
5 |
| nature conservation and research |
2 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern coast of the Neva bay (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-coast-of-the-neva-bay-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.
