BirdLife Data Zone

PL061

Lukow Forests

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	2008	58-65 breeding pairs	C7

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

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2009	unfavourable	not assessed	low
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Forest		0	0	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Topór	Rezerwat Przyrody	59	protected area contained by site	0
Łukowski Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu	Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu	23,329	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lasy Łukowskie	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	11,488	protected area overlaps with site	11,450
Jata	Rezerwat Przyrody	1,130	protected area contained by site	0
Jata	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,188	protected area contained by site	0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lukow Forests. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lukow-forests-iba-poland on 22/09/2023.