Weltyn lakes (Poland) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Weltyn lakes

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2022 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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	2021	6,000	B3a, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2022. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	unfavourable	not assessed	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	-	poor (40-69%)	unfavourable
Wetlands (inland)	-	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Jeziora Wełtyńskie	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	89
2012	Ostoja Wełtyńska	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	42

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	65
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation	21
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	12
Grassland		1
Other		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	50
forestry	20
tourism/recreation	15
fisheries/aquaculture	10
urban/industrial/transport	5
hunting	-

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