7. The Mouth of Nysa and Stobrawa rivers

MOTIVES:

1. Number and codes of habitats (HD I): 6 (3150, 6410, 6510, 9170, 91E0, 91F0)
2. Bird species (BD): 6
3. Other animal species: 4 (fishes)
4. Plant species : 2 (HD V - 1, KB I - 2).

AREA:

SAC

LOCATION:

The area beginning in the Odra valley along km 176-190, past the mouth of the Stobrawa into the Odra, together with the fragments of these rivers lying by the mouth.

AREA:

Approximately 500 ha.

DESCRIPTION:

It includes mainly the Odra river terrace between the dikes and the lowest part of Nysa Kłodzka valley, up to 2 km south of the mouth. The area displays a large mosaic of diverse habitats, which - as a rule - appear in the form of small pieces and are connected by numerous transitional biotopes.

HABITATS:

Elm-ash forests, meso-eutrophic oak-hornbeam forests, willow-poplar gallery forests, reeds and sedges from the Phragmitetea class, lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis) and floodplain grasslands (Molinion), eutrophic lakes (oxbow lakes).

BIRDS (BD):

Dendrocopos medius, Milvus migrans, Ciconia nigra, Gallinago gallinago, Alcedo atthis, Haliaeetus albicilla.

FISH:

Misgurnus fossilis (HD II), Barbus barbus (HD V), Silurus glanis (KB III), Alburnoides bipunctatus (KB III).

PLANTS:

Trapa natans (KB I), Salvinia natans (KB I), Galanthus nivalis (HD V).

COMMENTS:

It is included in a broadly-understood important bird area of the European rank. (E-IBAE Poland 053).

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