Data Zone
Country/territory: Poland
IBA criteria met: C1, C3, C4, C6 (2010)
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Area: 4,555 hectares (45.55 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
Two pond complexes (769 ha and 179 ha) on the Szprotawa river catchment (a tributary of the Bóbr river), with scattered forest of ash Fraxinus and alder Alnus (75 ha). Shoreline reedbeds Phragmites cover 6% of the ponds' area. Dams are generally treeless. Extensive meadows, sedge-beds and willow Salix bushes adjoin this area.
Key biodiversity
More than 20,000 waterbirds occur regularly on autumn passage, mainly wildfowl and Fulica atra. Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (one pair), Crex crex (one pair).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Przemków ponds (Poland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/przemków-ponds-iba-poland on 23/12/2024.