• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage (1981)	2,500 birds	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	E. B. Campbell	Game Preserve (IV)	2
1959	Donlands	Community Pasture (VI)	<1
1968	Maurice Street	Protected Area (III)	<1
1968	Maurice Street	Protected Area (IV)	<1
1974	D. Gerbrandt Recreation Site	Recreation Site (V)	<1
1984	Wildlife Habitat Protection	Wildlife Habitat Protection (VI)	14
1985	Squaw Rapids	Game Preserve (-)	1
1986	Tobin Lake Recreation Site	Recreation Site (V)	<1
1986	Tobin Lake - Fascination Pt	Recreation Site (V)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	97	Freshwater lakes & pools; Freshwater marshes & swamps
Forest	3	Temperate mixed

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tobin Lake (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tobin-lake-iba-canada on 28/12/2024.