Ribarnitsi Orsoya   (Unique identification code in the register: BG0002006)

Category: PZ under the Bird Directive

Map:
Map of the object

Area: 475.43 hectares

Location:
District: Montana, Municipality: Lom, Locality: Lom

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Inspectorates of Environment and Water (RIEW):
Montana - ul. "Julius Irasek"4 p.k.55

Ordinance for announcement:
Ordinance No.РД-565 from 05.09.2008 2-1-2006-565-2008

Ordinance for change:

Record for protected zone (link):

Aims of the declaration:
1. Conservation and restoration of habitats listed in item 2 birds to reach their favorable conservation status;
2. Protection and maintenance of the habitats of the birds under item 2 to reach their favorable conservation status

Objects of protection (species or habitats):
1. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 3 from Biological Diversity Act: Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica), Pygmy Cormorant(Phalacrocorax pygmeus), Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta),Great White Egret (Egretta alba), Purple Heron(Ardea purpurea), Black Stork (Ciconia nigra), White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus), Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus), Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus), Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), Little Crake (Porzana parva), Corncrake (Crex crex), Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), Great Snipe (Gallinago media), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Little Gull (Larus minutus), Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei), Caspian Tern(Sterna caspia), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), European Roller (Coracias garrulus), Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus), Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra), Woodlark (Lullula arborea), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor);
2. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 4 from Biological Diversity Act: Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena), Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons), Greylag goose (Anser anser), Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), Wigeon (Anas penelope), Gadwall (Anas strepera), Eurasian Teal(Anas crecca), Wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos), Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), Garganey (Anas querquedula), Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), Common Pochard (Aythya ferina), Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), Little Ringed Plover(Charadrius dubius), Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), Little Stint (Calidris minuta), Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata), Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Common Redshank (Tringa totanus), Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis), Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus), Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), Common Gull (Larus canus), White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus), Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans), European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster).

Current prohibitions and regimes:
1. It is prohibited afforestation of meadows, pastures and grassland, as well as to transform it in area under cultivation and permanent crops;
2. It is prohibited to remove landscape features (hedges, single trees and groups) in the use of agricultural land ;
3. It is prohibited felling which lead to decrease or substitute the species;
4. It is prohibited to carry out overdrying activities or modifying the hydrological system, except while carring out activities to improve the status of the water ecosystems and habitats;
5. It is prohibited setting on fire cane massif and coastal vegetation;
6. It is prohibited mowing of of cane, rush and floating aquatic vegetation in canals and basins, along the banks and dikes in the period 1 March to 15 August.
7. It is prohibited to use pesticides (including second generation rodenticides) and fertilizers (except manure) in pastures and meadows;

Overlapping (partial or full):
1. Protected Site: Ribarnitsi Orsoya
2. PZ under the Habitat Directive: Orsoya

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Last update of the web application: 01.08.2011
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