Date of designation: 13/09/94; Leningrad Oblast; 65,000
ha; 59'41’N 028'09’E. Temporary Nature Reserve. The shallow
waters of the Gulf of Finland, numerous islands, and the Kurgalsky Peninsula, which is
covered with mires and pine forest.
Habitats include patches of broad-leaved and mixed forests, coastal meadows and marshes
with alder and oak, Sphagnum
fens, floodplains, dry meadows, and reedbeds. The site exhibits a high species diversity
of flora and fauna, supporting numerous
species of regionally or globally threatened plants, mammals, birds, amphibians and
reptiles. The wetland supports large
migrating and breeding populations of numerous species of waterbirds. The local population
is engaged in the fisheries or
seafood industry. The site borders Estonia. Ramsar site no. 690.
(Source: http://ramsar.org/profiles_russia.htm
)
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