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Nietlice marshes


IBA Justification

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
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding 2008 65 males C1
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage 2008 10,000 individuals C2

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1992 Bagna Nietlickie Ecological Area 14
1998 Krainy Wielkich Jezior Mazurskich Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu 76
2003 Nietlickie Bagno Rezerwat Przyrody 51
2004 Bagna Nietlickie Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 100
2008 Mazurskie Bagna Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 50

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land 33
Grassland Humid grasslands 26
Wetlands (inland) Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs 22
Forest Alluvial and very wet forest 18
Other 1
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 75
agriculture 15
forestry 5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nietlice marshes (Poland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nietlice-marshes-iba-poland on 23/11/2024.