PL171
Slupsk bank


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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis VU winter 2005 25,000-32,000 individuals C3
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle LC winter 2005 400-1,000 individuals C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter 2005 27,000-37,000 individuals C4

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Slupsk bank Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) 89
2002 Ławica Słupska Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 90
2004 Ławica Słupska Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 89
2009 Lawica Slupska Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) 90

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Neritic 100
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Slupsk bank (Poland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/slupsk-bank-iba-poland on 23/11/2024.