• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter (1990–1999)	837,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter (1990–1999)	215,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	winter (1990–1999)	240,000 birds	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	winter (1990–1999)	3,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	winter (1990–1999)	1,275 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	winter (1990–1999)	4,180 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter (1990–1999)	1,225 birds	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	winter (1990–1999)	1,875 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1990–1999)	1,303,555 birds	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Pomeranian bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	59
1961	Streckelsberg	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1995	Greifswalder Oie	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1999	Insel Usedom	Nature Park (V)	<1
2007	Pommersche Bucht	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	60
2008	Greifswalder Bodden	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	1
2008	Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil A	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pomeranian bay (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pomeranian-bay-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.