PL143
Lower San River Valley


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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding (1999) 330–350 males C1, C6
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus LC breeding (1999–2003) 20–25 breeding pairs C6


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower San River Valley (Poland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-san-river-valley-iba-poland on 15/01/2025.