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Siemianowka Reseirvoir


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC breeding (2004–2009) 1–2 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 birds C2
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa NT breeding (2004–2008) 12–25 pairs C1
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa NT passage (2004–2008) 30–130 birds C1
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding (2001–2009) 8–25 pairs C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida LC breeding (2004–2008) 90–180 pairs C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger LC breeding (2004–2008) 10–90 males C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding (2004–2009) 60–300 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 birds C4

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 poor not assessed not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes population good

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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed


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 22/12/2024.