Galata   (Unique identification code in the register: BG0002060)

Category: PZ under the Bird Directive

Map:
Map of the object

Area: 8043.61 hectares

Location:
District: Varna, Municipality: Аvren, Locality: Bliznatsi, Priseltsi

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Inspectorates of Environment and Water (RIEW):
Varna - ul."Jan Palah" 4

Ordinance for announcement:
Ordinance No.РД-127 from 10.02.2012 2-1-2060-127-2012

Record for protected zone (link):

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

Objects of protection (species or habitats):
1. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 3 from Biological Diversity Act: Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica), Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii), Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus), Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), Great Egret (Egretta alba), Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), Black Storck (Ciconia nigra), White Storck (Ciconia ciconia), Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), Black Kite (Milvus migrans), Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus), Pale (Circus macrourus), Montagu?s Harrier (Circus pygargus), Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus), Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus), Little Gull (Larus minutus), Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei), Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia), Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Little Tern (Sterna albifrons), Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo), Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), European Roller (Coracias garrulus), Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius), White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos), Woodlark (Lullula arborea), Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor), Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka), Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria), Olive-tree Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum), Semi-collared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata), Ortolan (Emberiza hortulana);
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), Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Garganey (Anas querquedula), Comman Pochard (Aythya ferina), Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra), Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo), Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Dunlin (Caldris alpina), Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata), Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Common Redshank (Tringa totanus), Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia), Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus), Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus), European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus), Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans), European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), Sand Martin (Riparia riparia).

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 use pesticides and fertilizers in pastures and meadows;
3. It is prohibited the construction of wind generators for electricity, except those for which at the date of promulgation of the arrest in the ''Official Gazette" has started proceedings under Chapter Six of the Law for Environmental Protection and / or art. 31 of the Law for Biodiversity. The regime does not apply to wind generators used as their own sources of electricity.

Overlapping (partial or full):
1. Protected Site: Liman
2. Protected Site: Rakitnik
3. PZ under the Habitat Directive: Galata

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Last update of the web application: 01.08.2011
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