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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Pomeranian bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	1
-	Pomeranian bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	1
-	Pomeranian bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	82
1960	Woliński Park Narodowy	Park Narodowy	1
2001	Wolin i Uznam	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2002	Ostoja na Zatoce Pomorskiej	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	42
2005	Zatoka Pomorska	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	83
2005	Wolin i Uznam	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	1
2007	Zatoka Pomorska	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	53
2007	Delta Świny	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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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 22/11/2024.