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The site was identified as important in 2010 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	2005	60,000-100,000 individuals	C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	passage	2005	200,000-300,000 individuals	C3
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	winter	2005	25,000-35,000 individuals	C3
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	winter	1992-1993	3,000 individuals	C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter	2005	100-200 individuals	C2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	winter	1988-1993	3,975 individuals	C3
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	winter	2005	200-500 individuals	C3
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	passage	2005	1,500-2,500 individuals	C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2005	100,000-150,000 individuals	C4

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2010).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Zatoka Pomorska	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	266,629	protected area contained by site	0
Zatoka Pomorska	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	309,081	protected area contained by site	309,155
Wybrzeże Trzebiatowskie	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	31,758	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Woliński Park Narodowy	Park Narodowy	10,908	protected area overlaps with site	0
Wolin i Uznam	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	30,792	protected area overlaps with site	2,729
Wolin i Uznam	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	10,937	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ujście Odry i Zalew Szczeciński	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	52,612	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ujscie Odry i Zalew Szczecinski	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	52,573	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Trzebiatowsko-Kołobrzeski Pas Nadmorski	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17,469	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Przybrzeżne wody Bałtyku	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	194,627	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Przybrzezne Wody Baltyku	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	211,741	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Pomeranian bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	311,103	protected area overlaps with site	472,731
Pomeranian bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	30,703	protected area overlaps with site	4,115
Pomeranian bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	311,103	protected area overlaps with site	4,115
Ostoja na Zatoce Pomorskiej	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	243,059	protected area contained by site	243,133
Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu Koszaliński Pas Nadmorski	Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu	37,571	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Jezioro Bukowo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,263	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Dorzecze Parsęty	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	27,710	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Delta Świny	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	11,008	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pomeranian bay. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pomeranian-bay-iba-poland on 30/11/2023.