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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
An island located between kilometres 424-423 in the River Danube, covered by seasonally flooded forest of
Salix and
Populus. There are sandbars near the banks. Human activities include hunting during the winter.
The island is important for its breeding colonies of
Phalacrocorax pygmeus,
Nycticorax nycticorax and
Ardeola ralloides, and for the large numbers of some wintering waterbirds, notably of the globally threatened
Pelecanus crispus and
Branta ruficollis. Significant proportion (³1%) of national population breeding at site:
Platalea leucorodia (1-2 pairs).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main problem is disturbance of nesting birds by bird- ringers.
National Partial
International None71 ha of IBA covered by Protected Landscape (Maluk Pozarevo, 71 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pozharevo Island (Bulgaria). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pozharevo-island-iba-bulgaria on 23/12/2024.
