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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter (1997)	4–635 birds	B1i, C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding (1998)	1–9 pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage (1996)	100 birds	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1996)	20–50 pairs	B3, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding (2003)	35 pairs	C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding (1998)	6–20 pairs	B2, C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (2001)	55 pairs	C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (1996)	30 pairs	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding (1999)	176 pairs	C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2001	Pomoriisko ezero	Zashtitena Mestnost (VI)	80
2001	Pomorie Lake	Protected Landscape (-)	80

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Other urban and industrial areas
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
other	80
urban/industrial/transport	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pomorie Lake (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pomorie-lake-iba-bulgaria on 23/12/2024.