PL103
Bubnow Marsh This is an IBA in Danger! 


Country/territory: Poland

IBA criteria met: C1, C2, C6 (2010)
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Area: 2,344 ha

Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2019 not assessed very high not assessed
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Site description (2000 baseline)
Two marshes˜Bubnów and Staw˜located in the £êczyñsko-W³odawskie lakeland. The marshes are separated by a small river, and are drained by a watercourse from the W³odawka catchment. The habitat is mainly fens with sedge-beds. Open areas are covered in some places by sparse reed Phragmites. About 10 ha is covered with great fen sedge Cladium, and there are characteristic hummocks of dry grassland in the marshes, with small patches of willow Salix scrub at the marsh-edges.

Key biodiversity
A total of 90 species have been recorded, 50 of them breeding. Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Crex crex (three pairs).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bubnow Marsh. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bubnow-marsh-iba-poland on 19/03/2024.