Sites designated under the European Union’s Birds Directive (Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds) to safeguard the European bird species considered to be of particular importance and therefore listed in Annex I of the Directive, as well as regularly occurring migratory bird species. Source: Biodiversity A-Z [https://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/special-protection-area-spa]

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