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Kolon Lake


Country/territory: Hungary

IBA criteria met: C6 (2002)
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Area: 3,600 hectares (36.00 km2)

Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society

Site description (2000 baseline)
The IBA is situated on the sandy alluvial fan of Kiskunság, near to the village of Izsák. It consists of a large lake almost entirely covered by reeds Phragmites, and surrounded by wet grassland and sand-dunes. Human activities include grazing, haymaking and reed-harvesting (`Other' land-use, below).

Key biodiversity
An important site for breeding herons (Ardeidae). Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla, Crex crex (no data), Otis tarda (2-3 individuals).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kolon Lake (Hungary). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kolon-lake-iba-hungary on 24/12/2024.