Data Zone
Country/territory: Poland
IBA criteria met: C1, C2, C4 (2010)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 19,500 hectares (195.00 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2008 | not assessed | high | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site description (2000 baseline)
The site protects a coastal landscape containing one of the largest areas of mobile sand-dunes in Europe (up to 40 m high), and three brackish coastal lakes, the largest being £ebsko (7,140 ha, 5-6 m deep) and the second largest Gardno (2,468 ha, 2-6 m deep). The lakes are surrounded by wet meadows, pastures, and forests of alder Alnus and oak Quercus, and are bordered by extensive beds of reed Phragmites and reed-mace Typha. The £upawa and £eba rivers flow in to the lakes. Some hollows between dunes are covered by pioneer plant communities and by wet heathland in various stages of development.
Key biodiversity
Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (4 pairs), Crex crex (10-15 pairs). Other notable breeding species are Bubo bubo (4 pairs) and Circus pygargus (7-10 pairs).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Slowinska Site (Poland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/slowinska-site-iba-poland on 28/12/2024.