Is-Simar

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Is-Simar
Simar Nature Reserve.jpg
Simar Nature Reserve (middle) from the hill of Wardija
Is-Simar
Interactive map of Is-Simar
Location Xemxija, Malta
Coordinates 35°56′44″N14°22′56″E / 35.94556°N 14.38222°E / 35.94556; 14.38222
Area5 ha (12 acres)
Official nameIs-Simar
Designated29 January 1996
Reference no.789 [1]

Simar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Pwales Valley, in Xemxija, St Paul's Bay, Malta. [2] An artificial wetland habitat was created on 5 hectares in the 1990s by BirdLife Malta volunteers in an area of abandoned marshland. [3]

The reserve lies within the Is-Simar Special Protection Area, which has been a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance since January 1996, a protected bird sanctuary since 2006 and a Site of Community Importance since March 2008. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Is-Simar". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Dillon, Paddy (2016). Walking on Malta. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 109. ISBN   9781783622917.
  3. ↑ Simar. BirdLife Malta. Accessed September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Is-Simar (limiti ta' San Pawl il-Bahar) (MT0000006)". Natura 2000 . European Environment Agency. Accessed 11 October 2022.


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