Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A coastal area north of the town of Durresi, including mainly sea inlets and coastal features important for wintering ducks, and a sandy shore with a few small brackish lagoons. The site also includes the outlet of the Erzeni river. The main land-uses are agriculture, grazing, hunting, and fishing.
This is an important site for wintering and migratory waterbirds, with 10,000 individuals recorded in January 1996.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
As in most Albanian wetlands, disturbance by farmers, fishermen, gatherers, tourists and grazing animals limit the reproductive success of breeding waterbirds.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lalzi Bay (Albania). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lalzi-bay-iba-albania on 23/12/2024.
