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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The site consists of a fish-pond complex in an area of old marsh, fed by the Crisul Negru river and surrounded by the Corhana canal. Reedbeds (
Phragmites) grow along the dykes and edges of the fish-ponds. The site also includes agricultural fields, grasslands and hay meadows and to the south the Rãdvani forest which is dominated by
Quercus and
Ulmus.
This is a very important site for breeding and passage waterbirds. The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds on passage on a regular basis (includes 7,000
Anser albifrons, 2,500
Anas crecca, 1,160
Anas platyrhynchos, 2,000
Calidris alpina). Rãdvani wood holds a heronry. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Phalacrocorax pygmeus (passage),
Branta ruficollis (wintering) and
Haliaeetus albicilla (wintering).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Phalacrocorax carbo and game species (geese and ducks) are hunted. A management plan exists for the site, which is a proposed Ramsar Site.
National Low
International None3 ha of IBA covered by Bird Sanctuary (Rãdvani Wood Mixed Heron Colony, 3 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cefa fish-ponds and Radvani wood (Romania). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cefa-fish-ponds-and-radvani-wood-iba-romania on 23/12/2024.
