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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
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.
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).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
High production of organic debris in the ponds leads to a gradual shallowing, sometimes to the extent that the islets used by nesting birds become accessible to mammalian predators. Another problem is that the fish-ponds are rented nowadays, and thus the pressure to reduce bird predation on the fishery has increased. If the ponds are privatized, the presence of waterbirds will be tolerated even less.
National High
International None1,046 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Stawy Przemkowskie [Bird Reserve], 1,046 ha). 1,046 ha of IBA covered by Landscape Park (Przemkowski, 15,466 ha).
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 22/11/2024.
