LV058
Zabolotje bogs


Country/territory: Latvia
Subnational region(s): Ludza district

IBA Justification: C6 (2004)

Area: 4,212 hectares (42.12 km2)

BirdLife Partner(s): Latvijas Ornitologijas Biedriba


Site description (2004 baseline)
Two large and predominantly raised bogs surrounded by coniferous and deciduous forests near the border with Russia. Listed as an IBA since 1994 [5, 6, 1]. High protection level: there is a 87.7% overlap with two restricted nature reserves and candidate SPAs, Klesniku bog and Gulbju and Platpirovas bogs


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zabolotje bogs (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zabolotje-bogs-iba-latvia on 06/01/2025.