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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter	1997	4-635 individuals	B1i, C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1998	1-9 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1996	100 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1996	20-50 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2003	35 breeding pairs	C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1998	6-20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2001	55 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1996	30 breeding pairs	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1999	176 breeding pairs	C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2001	Pomoriisko ezero	Zashtitena Mestnost	80
2001	Pomorie Lake	Protected Landscape	80
2002	Pomorie Wetland Complex	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	86
2002	Nesebar	State Game Husbandries	87
2004	Pomorie	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	92
2005	Pomoriysko ezero	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2006	Aheloy - Ravda - Nesebar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas	5
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.