Data Zone
Country/territory: Poland
IBA Criteria met: C1, C2, C3, C4 (2010)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 8,893 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2010 | very high | favourable | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A delta (growing in the direction of Szczeciñski lagoon) which contains natural and artificial channels of the Œwina river, with numerous islands. The site also covers the south-west coast of Wolin island and the south-east part of Uznam island adjoining the Piastowski channel. The plant community is very rich. Most of the forest is old-growth (130-150 years), dominated by alder Alnus, mixed birch/oak Betula/Quercus and beech/oak Fagus/Quercus. Open areas are dominated by saltmarsh, rush Scirpus and reedbeds Phragmites. The latter completely cover some islets and almost all shores of the other islands. A very small area is used as arable land.
Key biodiversity
A very attractive area for breeding, migrating and wintering birds with very rich food sources available. Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Crex crex (two pairs). A total of 140 bird species have been recorded breeding.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Delta of the Swina river. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 01/10/2020.
