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1 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG XI.D.2 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds and COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora STANDARD DATA FORM EUR 15 Version Final version of 27 May 1994 updated to include amendments in Accession Act of Austria, Finland and Sweden (OJ L 1, , p ) & March 1995 version of Eurostat NUTS Regions

2 NATURA 2000 STANDARD DATA FORM FOR SPECIAL PROTECTION AREAS (SPA) FOR SITES ELIGIBLE FOR IDENTIFICATION AS SITES OF COMMUNITY IMPORTANCE' (SCI) AND FOR SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION (SAC) 1. SITE IDENTIFICATION 1.1. TYPE 1.2. SITE CODE 1.3. COMPILATION DATE 1.4. UPDATE Y Y Y Y M M Y Y Y Y M M 1.5. RELATION WITH OTHER NATURA 2000 SITES: NATURA 2000 SITE CODES NATURA 2000 SITE CODES 1.6. RESPONDENT(S): 1.7. SITE NAME: 1.8. SITE INDICATION AND DESIGNATION/CLASSIFICATION DATES DATE SITE PROPOSED AS ELIGIBLE AS SCI: DATE CONFIRMED AS SCI: 1 9 Y Y Y Y M M Y Y Y Y M M DATE SITE CLASSIFIED AS SPA: DATE SITE DESIGNATED AS SAC (to be filled later): Y Y Y Y M M Y Y Y Y M M

3 2.SITE LOCATION 2.1. SITE CENTRE LOCATION LONGITUDE LATITUDE W/E (Greenwich) 2.2. AREA(ha): 2.3. SITE LENGTH(Km): 2.4. ALTITUDE (m): MIN MAX MEAN 2.5. ADMINISTRATIVE REGION: NUTS CODE REGION NAME %COVER Marine area not covered by a NUTS-region 2.6. BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION: Alpine Atlantic Boreal Continental Macaronesia Mediterranean

4 3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION 3.1. HABITAT types present on the site and site assessment for them : ANNEX I HABITAT TYPES: CODE %COVER REPRESENTATIVITY RELATIVE CONSERVATION GLOBAL SURFACE STATUS ASSESSMENT

5 3.2. SPECIES covered by Article 4 of Directive 79/409/EEC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site assessment for them:

6 3.2.a. BIRDS listed on Annex I of Council directive 79/409/EEC CODE NAME POPULATION SITE ASSESSMENT RESIDENT MIGRATORY Population Conservation Isolation Global Breed Winter Stage 3.2.b. Regularly occurring Migratory Birds not listed on Annex I of Council directive 79/409/EEC CODE NAME POPULATION SITE ASSESSMENT RESIDENT MIGRATORY Population Conservation Isolation Global Breed Winter Stage

7 3.2.c. MAMMALS listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC CODE NAME POPULATION SITE ASSESSMENT RESIDENT MIGRATORY Population Conservation Isolation Global Reprod uction Winter Stage 3.2.d. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC CODE NAME POPULATION SITE ASSESSMENT RESIDENT MIGRATORY Population Conservation Isolation Global Reprod uction Winter Stage

8 3.2.e. FISHES listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC CODE NAME POPULATION SITE ASSESSMENT RESIDENT MIGRATORY Population Conservation Isolation Global Reprod uction Winter Stage 3.2.f. INVERTEBRATES listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC CODE NAME POPULATION SITE ASSESSMENT RESIDENT MIGRATORY Population Conservation Isolation Global Reprod uction Winter Stage

9 3.2.g. PLANTS listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC CODE NAME POPULATION SITE ASSESSMENT Population Conserv. Isolation Global

10 3.3 Other Important Species of Flora and Fauna GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME POPULATION MOTIVATION B M A R F I P (B = Birds, M = Mammals, A = Amphibians, R = Reptiles, F = Fishes, I = Invertabrates, P = Plants)

11 4.1. GENERAL SITE CHARACTER: 4. SITE DESCRIPTION Habitat classes % cover Marine areas, Sea inlets Tidal rivers, Estuaries, Mud flats, Sand flats, Lagoons (including saltwork basins) Salt marshes, Salt pastures, Salt steppes Coastal sand dunes, Sand beaches, Machair Shingle, Sea cliffs, Islets Inland water bodies (Standing water, Running water) Bogs, Marshes, Water fringed vegetation, Fens Heath, Scrub, Maquis and Garrigue, Phrygana Dry grassland, Steppes Humid grassland, Mesophile grassland Alpine and sub-alpine grassland Extensive cereal cultures ( including Rotation cultures with regular fallowing) Ricefields Improved grassland Other arable land Broad-leaved deciduous woodland Coniferous woodland Broad-leaved Evergreen woodland Mixed woodland Artificial forest monoculture (e.g. Plantations of poplar or Exotic trees) Non-forest areas cultivated with woody plants (including Orchards, groves, Vineyards, Dehesas) Inland rocks, Screes, Sands, Permanent Snow and ice Other land (including Towns, Villages, Roads, Waste places, Mines, Industrial sites) TOTAL HABITAT COVER 100 % Other site characteristics: 4.2. QUALITY AND IMPORTANCE: 4.3. VULNERABILITY:

12 4.4. SITE DESIGNATION: (remarks concerning quantitative data below) 4.5. OWNERSHIP: 4.6. DOCUMENTATION: 4.7. HISTORY: (to be filled in by the Commission) DATE FIELD CHANGED DESCRIPTION

13 5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS AND RELATION WITH CORINE Biotopes: 5.1. DESIGNATION TYPES at National and Regional level: CODE %COVER CODE %COVER CODE %COVER 5.2. RELATION OF THE DESCRIBED SITE WITH OTHER SITES: designated at National or Regional level: TYPE CODE SITE NAME OVERLAP TYPE %COVER designated at the International level: OVERLAP TYPE NAME of the Site TYPE %COVER RAMSAR CONVENTION: BIOGENETIC RESERVE: EURODIPLOMA SITE: - BIOSPHERE RESERVE: - BARCELONA CONVENTION: - WORLD HERITAGE SITE: - OTHER: RELATION OF THE DESCRIBED SITE WITH CORINE BIOTOPES SITES: OVERLAP OVERLAP CORINE SITE CODE TYPE %COVER CORINE SITE CODE TYPE %COVER

14 6. IMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE SITE 6.1. GENERAL IMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES AND PROPORTION OF THE SURFACE AREA OF THE SITE AFFECTED IMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN the site CODE INTENSITY % OF SITE INFLUENCE CODE INTENSITY % OF SITE INFLUENCE IMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES AROUND the site: CODE INTENSITY INFLUENCE CODE INTENSITY INFLUENCE 6.2. SITE MANAGEMENT BODY RESPONSABLE FOR THE SITE MANAGEMENT: SITE MANAGEMENT AND PLANS:

15 Physical map 7. MAP OF THE SITE NATIONAL MAP NUMBER SCALE PROJECTION REFERENCE TO AVAILABILITY OF BOUNDARIES IN DIGITISED FORM Map of designated sites described in 5: Provide this information on a map with the same characteristics as above! Aerial photograph(s) included: YES NO NUMBER AREA SUBJECT COPYRIGHT DATE 8. SLIDES NUMBER PLACE SUBJECT COPYRIGHT DATE

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