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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	breeding	1996-2000	30 breeding pairs	B2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1996-2000	3 breeding pairs	B2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1998-2002	6-16 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1998-2002	12-19 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	1998-2002	16-35 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	1996	15-25 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Ixobrychus minutus	11	13	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	2	1	breeding pairs	50	unfavourable
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	16	10	breeding pairs	63	unfavourable
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	20	17	breeding pairs	85	near favourable

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1969	Skucak	Nature Reserve	1
1970	Skučák	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	1
1989	Věřňovice	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
1989	Vernovice	Natural Monument	<1
2004	Heřmanský stav - Odra - Poolší	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	50
2005	Niva Olše - Věřňovice	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
2005	Heřmanický rybník	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
2005	Hraniční meandry Odry	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2005	Karviná - rybníky	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Hraniční meandry Odry	Prírodní památka (PP)	2
2013	Heřmanický rybník	Prírodní památka (PP)	7
2013	Niva Olše-Věřňovice	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
2013	Karviná - rybníky	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
2016	Skučák	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	major (>10)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	minor (<10)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	minor (<10)
Unknown		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	20
not utilised	20
water management	15
fisheries/aquaculture	10
nature conservation and research	10
urban/industrial/transport	10
forestry	5
tourism/recreation	5
unknown	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hermansky stav-Odra-Poolsi wetlands (Czechia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hermansky-stav-odra-poolsi-wetlands-iba-czechia on 23/11/2024.