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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	winter	2004-2009	700-900 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	2004-2009	3,000-25,000 individuals	C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2007-2009	110-120 males	C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	2007-2009	32-35 breeding pairs	C1, C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	2007-2009	24-26 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	1995-2002	250-300 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2004-2010	20,000 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
Corncrake Crex crex	80	20	breeding pairs	25	very unfavourable
Red Kite Milvus milvus	23	20	breeding pairs	87	near favourable
Milvus migrans	18	18	breeding pairs	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
1954	Bukowa Góra	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1998	Krzesiński Park Krajobrazowy	Park Krajobrazowy	16
2001	Kargowskie Zakola Odry	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
2002	Nowosolska Dolina Odry	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	16
2003	Krośnieńska Dolina Odry	Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu	36
2003	Nowosolska Dolina Odry	Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu	27
2007	Dolina Środkowej Odry	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	75
2014	Krośnieńska Dolina Odry	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	59

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		38
Forest		28
Artificial/Terrestrial		26
Wetlands (inland)		7
Other		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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