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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A large storage reservoir on the Nysa K³odzka river, situated amongst hills in an agricultural landscape, not far from Nysa reservoir. Broadleaved forest adjoins the embanked eastern side. The western and southern shores have a more natural character, being covered with a wide belt of willow
Salix bushes. The northern part is used for recreation. The reservoir controls water flow for navigation on the Odra river, and there are considerable fluctuations in water-level. Although some parts of the shore are shingle, the bottom of the reservoir is generally muddy and sandy.
More than 20,000 migrating and wintering waterbirds occur regularly, mainly geese
Anser, ducks
Anas, and
Vanellus vanellus and other waders.
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: Otmuchów reservoir (Poland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/otmuchów-reservoir-iba-poland on 22/11/2024.
