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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1998	500-1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	1998	250-1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1998	2,500-6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1998	300-500 individuals	B1i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage	1998	3,000-6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1998	500-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	passage	1998	1,500-2,500 individuals	B1i

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Strel'ninskiy bereg	Nature Monument	-
1992	Strel'ninskiy bereg	Nature Monument	3
1994	Southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	13

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas	26
Forest	Mixed woodland	20
Shrubland		5
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	35
tourism/recreation	30
fisheries/aquaculture	25
urban/industrial/transport	5
nature conservation and research	2

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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 22/11/2024.