The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2010 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis |
VU |
winter (2005) |
60,000–100,000 individuals |
C3 |
| Common Scoter Melanitta nigra |
LC |
passage (2005) |
200,000–300,000 individuals |
C3 |
| Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca |
VU |
winter (2005) |
25,000–35,000 individuals |
C3 |
| Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
LC |
winter (1992–1993) |
3,000 individuals |
C3 |
| Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus |
VU |
winter (2005) |
100–200 individuals |
C2 |
| Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
3,975 individuals |
C3 |
| Razorbill Alca torda |
LC |
winter (2005) |
200–500 individuals |
C3 |
| Razorbill Alca torda |
LC |
passage (2005) |
1,500–2,500 individuals |
C3 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (2005) |
100,000–150,000 individuals |
C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Pomeranian bay |
Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA) |
82 |
| - |
Pomeranian bay |
Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA) |
1 |
| - |
Pomeranian bay |
Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA) |
1 |
| 1960 |
Woliński Park Narodowy
|
Park Narodowy (II) |
1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
100 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pomeranian bay (Poland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pomeranian-bay-iba-poland on 18/01/2025.
