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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding (2010)	36–40 males	A1

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	likely in long term (>4 years)	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	very low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	Vygonoshchanskoe	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve (IV)	49

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	major (>10)	Fens, transition mires and springs

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ščara floodplain (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ščara-floodplain-iba-belarus on 26/12/2024.