Data Zone
Country/territory: Poland
IBA Criteria met: C6 (2010)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 85,060 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2011 | not assessed | unfavourable | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
One of the largest remaining complexes of natural forest in the Mazowsze region, situated between the Bug and the Narew rivers, and drained by the Brok, Struga, Truche³ka, Turka and Wymakacz rivers. Stands are 40-80 years old, in more or less dense tracts, interspersed with meadows, ponds and willow Salix scrub. Seventy percent of the forest is a monoculture of pine Pinus or is mixed forest of oak Quercus and Pinus, 10% is broadleaved dominated by hornbeam Carpinus, and the rest is broadleaved riverine forest. Two fish-pond complexes and a dozen or so villages are located in the middle of the site.
Key biodiversity
A total of 193 species have been recorded. Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Gallinago media.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Biala Forest. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.
