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Siemianowka Reseirvoir


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC breeding 2004-2009 1-2 breeding pairs C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana LC breeding 2001-2008 5-30 males C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva LC breeding 2009 30-50 males C6
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage 2002-2003 1,000-1,500 individuals C2
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa NT breeding 2004-2008 12-25 breeding pairs C1
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa NT passage 2004-2008 30-130 individuals C1
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding 2001-2009 8-25 breeding pairs C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida LC breeding 2004-2008 90-180 breeding pairs C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger LC breeding 2004-2008 10-90 males C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding 2004-2009 60-300 breeding pairs C6
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola VU breeding 2004-2009 10 males C1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage 2004-2009 10,000-50,000 individuals C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.


IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2011 very unfavourable not assessed not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes population good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species Reference Actual Units % remaining Result
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 1 1 males 100 favourable
Common Crane Grus grus 1,500 1,000 individuals 67 unfavourable
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 25 3 breeding pairs 12 very unfavourable
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 1,500 315 breeding pairs 21 very unfavourable
Common Tern Sterna hirundo 300 110 breeding pairs 37 very unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas Management plan Other action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1986 Dolina Narwi Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu 81


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Siemianowka Reseirvoir (Poland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/siemianowka-reseirvoir-iba-poland on 22/11/2024.