Plovdiv Fish-ponds (Bulgaria) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Plovdiv Fish-ponds

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	1997	140-168 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1997	800-1,000 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	passage	1996	20-800 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	very unfavourable	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Great White Egret Ardea alba	168	30	individuals	18	very unfavourable
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	1,000	0	individuals	0	very unfavourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	very poor (< 40%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Ribarnitsi Plovdiv	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	100
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	100
hunting	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plovdiv Fish-ponds (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plovdiv-fish-ponds-iba-bulgaria on 24/11/2024.