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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1998-2000	2,000-6,300 individuals	B1i, C3
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	breeding	1996-2000	20-30 breeding pairs	B2
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	passage	1998-2000	290-370 individuals	C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1998-2002	720-1,400 individuals	C3
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1998-2002	229-253 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla	LC	breeding	1996-2000	10-20 breeding pairs	B2
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1996-2000	10-15 breeding pairs	B3
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1996-2000	10-15 breeding pairs	B3

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 (2011) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	241	169	breeding pairs	71	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
1953	Lednické rybníky	Národní prírodní rezervace (NPR)	83
1953	Lednicke rybniky	National Nature Reserve	95
1961	Slanisko u Nesytu	Národní prírodní rezervace (NPR)	1
1990	Lednické rybníky	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	95
2003	Dolní Morava	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
2005	Niva Dyje	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12
2005	Lednické rybníky	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	88
2007	Lednické rybníky	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	80

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Salt marshes, Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	83
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban parks and gardens, Arable land	7
Grassland		5
Forest		4
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
fisheries/aquaculture	80
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lednicke rybniky ponds (Lednice fish-ponds) (Czechia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lednicke-rybniky-ponds-(lednice-fish-ponds)-iba-czechia on 23/11/2024.