Wet meadows of Namunas River valley near Viesvile (Lithuania)

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Wet meadows of Namunas River valley near Viesvile

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2004 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	2001	39-43 males	C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2005	Nemuno slėnio pievos ties Viešvile	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2009	Nemuno slėnis ties Kalveliais	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	38

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	80
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	11
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Sand dunes and beaches	7
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	80
agriculture	11
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wet meadows of Namunas River valley near Viesvile (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wet-meadows-of-namunas-river-valley-near-viesvile-iba-lithuania on 23/11/2024.