Kampinos forest (Poland) IBA | Details

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Kampinos forest

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (2004–2009)	110–140 males	C1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding (2004–2009)	30–60 males	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2004–2009)	13–17 pairs	C6
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding (2004–2009)	7–10 pairs	C1
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding (2006)	2–3 males	C1

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	poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Corncrake Crex crex	140 / 279 (males)	51	poor
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	60 / 60 (males)	100	good
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	17 / 15 (pairs)	100	good
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	10 / 10 (males)	100	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1959	Kampinoski Park Narodowy	Park Narodowy (II)	95
1998	Various II	Nature Reserve (-)	12
2000	Puszcza Kampinoska	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	-

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	71	Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Artificial/Terrestrial	17	Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas; Ruderal land
Shrubland	12	Scrub

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	63
nature conservation and research	15
not utilised	12
agriculture	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kampinos forest (Poland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kampinos-forest-iba-poland on 25/12/2024.