Data Zone
Country/territory: Czechia
IBA criteria met: B2, C6 (2002)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 5,041 hectares (50.41 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2010 | poor | not assessed | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site description (2002 baseline)
The IBA is situated near to the industrial agglomeration of Ostrava, and contains a system of four large fish-ponds (totalling 480 ha) and extensive areas of reedbed (Phragmites) (totalling 100 ha). A network of canals and streams empty into the Odra river and its tributary, the OLse river. Oxbow lakes, sandpits and remnants of flood-plain forest adjoin the latter.
Key biodiversity
Nationally important populations of Botaurus stellaris, Ixobrychus minutus, Porzana porzana, Tringa totanus, Limosa limosa, Luscinia svecica cyanecula and Panurus biarmicus breed here. The fish-ponds are also important for up to 5,000 wintering and migrating wildfowl. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (2 wintering birds).
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 23/12/2024.