Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 ('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 (2005) |
60,000–100,000 birds |
C3 |
| Common Scoter Melanitta nigra |
LC |
passage (2005) |
200,000–300,000 birds |
C3 |
| Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca |
VU |
winter (2005) |
25,000–35,000 birds |
C3 |
| Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
LC |
winter (1992–1993) |
3,000 birds |
C3 |
| Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus |
VU |
winter (2005) |
100–200 birds |
C2 |
| Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
3,975 birds |
C3 |
| Razorbill Alca torda |
LC |
winter (2005) |
200–500 birds |
C3 |
| Razorbill Alca torda |
LC |
passage (2005) |
1,500–2,500 birds |
C3 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (2005) |
100,000–150,000 birds |
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 (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pomeranian bay (Poland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pomeranian-bay-iba-poland on 23/12/2024.
