Data Zone
Country/territory: Poland
IBA criteria met: C1, C2, C6 (2010)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 73,380 hectares (733.80 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2009 | not assessed | very high | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site description (2000 baseline)
The site contains the channel and valley of the Bug river between the Krzna river tributary and the Zegrzyñski reservoir (260 km), with adjacent extensive dry pastures. The whole area floods in spring. There are some swamps and mires at the mouths of tributaries entering the Bug. The river channel is generally natural, not too modified by man, so there are numerous bare sand islands and others overgrown with ruderal herbs or willow Salix scrub. Elsewhere there are also local remnants of willow or poplar Populus scrub. On the lowest river terrace there are numerous oxbow lakes, differing in size, depth and extent of aquatic vegetation (Potamogeton, Lemna).
Key biodiversity
The site supports more breeding Charadrius hiaticula than any other inland site in Europe.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Bug river valley (Poland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-bug-river-valley-iba-poland on 23/12/2024.