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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	2004-2009	650-700 individuals	C2
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	2004-2009	550-600 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	2004-2009	10,000 individuals	C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2004-2009	12,000 individuals	C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2009	122 males	C1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2004-2009	6,650 individuals	C2
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	breeding	2009	10 breeding pairs	C1
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	passage	2004-2009	60 individuals	C1
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	2007-2009	11-16 breeding pairs	C1
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	2009	250-280 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2004-2009	28,000-35,000 individuals	C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Common Crane Grus grus	5,580	6,200	individuals	100	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
1958	Borek	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1975	Łąki Ślesińskie	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1989	Dolina Noteci	Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu	65
1991	Nadnotecki	Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu	3
2001	Dolina Noteci	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	91
2007	Dolina Środkowej Noteci i Kanału Bydgoskiego	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	99

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		86
Forest		6
Artificial/Terrestrial		4
Wetlands (inland)		3
Other		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Middle Notec River Valley (Poland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/middle-notec-river-valley-iba-poland on 22/11/2024.