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The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1996	30-50 breeding pairs	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	2001	50-70 breeding pairs	A1
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1999	100-200 breeding pairs	B2
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding	1996-2002	570-2,400 breeding pairs	A1
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides	LC	breeding	1999	100-150 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	500	592	males	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1991	Sporovskiy	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve	96
1999	Sporovsky Biological Reserve	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	96

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	75
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	10
Grassland	Humid grasslands	5
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	4

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	80
agriculture	15
forestry	5
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sporaŭskaje balota (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sporaŭskaje-balota-iba-belarus on 22/11/2024.