Ribarnitsi Chelopechene   (Unique identification code in the register: BG0002114)

Category: PZ under the Bird Directive

Map:
Map of the object

Area: 65.19 hectares

Location:
District: Sofia (stolitsa), Municipality: Stolichna, Locality: Chepintsi, Sofia

Falls in the territory of the following Regional Inspectorates of Environment and Water (RIEW):
Sofiia - bul."Tsar Boris III" №136

Ordinance for announcement:
Ordinance No.РД-553 from 05.09.2008 2-1-2114-553-2008

Record for protected zone (link):

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

Objects of protection (species or habitats):
1. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 3 from Biological Diversity Act: Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus), Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta ) Great Egret (Egretta alba), Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), Black Stork (Ciconia nigra), White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca ), Smew (Mergus albellus), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus), Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina) , Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana), Little Crake (Porzana parva), Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla), Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei), Caspian tern (Sterna caspia), Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Common Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis), Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon);
2. Article 6, paragraph 1, section 4 from Biological Diversity Act: Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), 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), Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope), Gadwall (Anas strepera), Common Teal (Anas crecca), Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), Garganey (Anas querquedula), Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina), Common Pochard (Aythya ferina), Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula), Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), Common Merganser (Mergus merganser ) Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), Little Stint (Calidris minuta), Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Common Redshank (Tringa totanus), Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) , Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus), Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus).

Current prohibitions and regimes:
1. It is prohibited to remove water and waterfowl vegetation in the canals and dikes of the pools during the nesting season of the birds from 1 march to 31 july;
2. It is prohibited setting on fire cane massif and coastal vegetation;
3. It is prohibited mowing of cane during the period from 1 march to 15 august;
4. It is prohibited overdrying of the existing sheets of water;

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Last update of the web application: 01.08.2011
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