Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Site description This IBA, situated at 660-770 m above sea level, is to large extent influenced by farming. In the 1970's, most of the area underwent intensive changes aimed at draining and creating large plots of land. Such fields were turned either into arable land or were intensively managed as meadows and pastures. This intervention led to a significant decrease in biodiversity of both flora and fauna. Overuse of fertilizers led to a boom of nitrophilous plants. The drop in the intensity of farming in some areas in the past fifteen years has led to creation of habitats favourable for the Corncrake.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Bedrichovka	Nature Reserve	5	protected area contained by site	5
Orlicke hory	Protected Landscape Area	20,410	protected area contains site	904
Orlicke Zahori - CZ0521015	Birds Directive	904	protected area overlaps with site	804
Trckov - CZ0520600	Habitats Directive	432	protected area overlaps with site	35
Trckovska louka	Nature Reserve	5	protected area contained by site	5
Zaorlicko - CZ0523267	Habitats Directive	181	protected area overlaps with site	18

Habitats

Land use

Protection status This IBA belongs to the Orlické hory mountains Protected Landscape Area, two small-scale protected areas are situated there. IBA is covered by SPA Orlicke Zahori.

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Orlicke Zahori. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/05/2013

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