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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
This storage reservoir on the Ma³a Panew river is used for facilitating navigation on the Odra river. The eastern part of this long reservoir, between the Lubawka river mouth and Szczedrzyk village, is important for birds. The water-body is surrounded mainly by forest. The western and part of the southern shores are embanked, the northern and eastern shores are covered with water-fringe vegetation, mainly reed-grass
Glyceria and willow
Salix bushes. There are considerable fluctuations in water-level. At low water a large area of sandy and muddy bottom is exposed at the eastern end. The reservoir is only periodically full.
More than 20,000 ducks and waders occur here on migration or in winter, the main species being
Anas platyrhynchos,
A. crecca,
Gallinago gallinago,
Calidris alpina,
C. ferruginea,
C. minuta,
Tringa nebularia,
T. glareola, and
Actitis hypoleucos. Since 1976 the abundance and species-richness of birds have grown as the vegetation has developed. Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Crex crex (1-2 pairs).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Rapid filling of the reservoir during floods reduces or eliminates suitable foraging/resting habitat for staging waders on migration.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Turawa reservoir (Poland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/turawa-reservoir-iba-poland on 22/11/2024.
