Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Ornithological information Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (2-3 pairs), Crex crex.

Site description The north-western part of Solska forest. Wet soils cover half of the area, which is drained by many natural watercourses, channels and ditches. Forest vegetation is dense and species-rich, dominated in places by pine Pinus, fir Abies, spruce Picea, oak Quercus, beech Fagus, ash Fraxinus and alder Alnus. Many stands have a natural character with some old-growth trees. Raised bogs and transitional mires occur in areas with little water flow, and were used in the last century for fish-ponds. There are 150 such former ponds, each with an area of 10-50 ha and a varying amount of plant cover.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Imielty Lug	Nature Reserve	738	protected area contained by site	738
Jastkowice	Nature Reserve	46	protected area contained by site	56
Kacze Blota	Nature Reserve	169	protected area contained by site	169
Lasy Janowskie	Nature Reserve	2,677	protected area contained by site	2,677
Lasy Janowskie - PLB060005	Birds Directive	60,236	protected area contained by site	60,236
Lipsko-Janowski	Protected Landscape Area	60,500	protected area contains site	50,000
Park Krajobrazowy Lasy Janowskie	Landscape Park	39,150	protected area contained by site	39,150
Puszcza Solska - PLB060008	Birds Directive	79,349	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Szklarnia	Nature Reserve	278	protected area contained by site	278
Uroczyska Lasów Janowskich - PLH060031	Habitats Directive	34,544	protected area contained by site	34,544
Uroczyska Puszczy Solskiej - PLH060034	Habitats Directive	34,672	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitats

Land use

Management considerations There are 15-20 forest-fires per year, resulting from widespread recreational use of the area, although the fire-fighting response is well organized. Widespread tree-death or damage by infestations of insect pests (`Natural events') can also be a problem, although there is a well-organized monitoring system. In 1994 the area became a `forest promotion complex', where management (based on ongoing research) aims to re-create approximately natural forest conditions (including hydrology and soils) while allowing some exploitation of forest resources and products to continue, combined with public awareness activities. The site is an amalgamation of two sites (the former PL073-PL074) identified in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989).

Protection status National High International None738 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Imielty Lug, 738 ha). 56 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Jastkowice, 56 ha). 169 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Kacze B³ota, 169 ha). 2,677 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Lasy Janowskie, 2,677 ha). 278 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Szklarnia, 278 ha). 39,150 ha of IBA covered by Landscape Park (Lasy Janowskie, 39,150 ha). 10,500 ha of IBA covered by Protected Landscape Area (Lipsko-Janowski, 60,500 ha).

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Janów forests. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/06/2013

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