Biala Forest (Poland) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Biala Forest

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') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	2009	150 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	2009	300-350 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	2009	800 breeding pairs	C6
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	2009	200-250 breeding pairs	C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	2009	250-300 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2011	unfavourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Corncrake Crex crex	70	35	males	50	unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1977	Bartnia	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1977	Popławy	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1977	Popóawy	Nature Reserve	<1
1982	Wielgolas	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
2004	Puszcza Biała	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	82

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	71
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Ruderal land	21
Grassland		5
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	2
Other		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	70
agriculture	25
fisheries/aquaculture	5
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Biala Forest (Poland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/biala-forest-iba-poland on 23/11/2024.