Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A large storage reservoir on the Nysa K³odzka river, in a hilly agricultural landscape, near Otmuchów reservoir. At the western end there are artificial islands created as a result of gravel exploitation. Southern and western shores are partly overgrown with willow
Salix scrub with sparse water-fringe vegetation. Two river mouths (the Widna and the Bia³a G³uchowska) are important for birds. Land-uses include gravel exploitation.
Up to 60,000 ducks, geese, gulls and waders occur on migration and in winter.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Rapid filling of the reservoir (during river floods) reduces or eliminates suitable foraging/resting habitat for staging waders on migration.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nysa reservoir (Poland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nysa-reservoir-iba-poland on 23/12/2024.
