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