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Nõva-Osmussaare

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Natura 2000 site (code EE0040201)
Under Birds Directive and Habitats Directive
Since Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 CEST 2004
Country: Estonia
Administrative region: Eesti (EE00)
Surface area: 247 km² (24745.00 ha)
Marine area: 89%
Located in Boreal and Marine Baltic biogeographical regions
It protects 18 species of the Nature Directives
It protects 34 habitat types of the Habitats Directive

Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form

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Natura 2000	Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
A255	Anthus campestris	Tawny Pipit	Birds
A062	Aythya marila	Scaup	Birds
A104	Bonasa bonasia	Hazel Grouse	Birds
A046	Branta bernicla	Brent Goose	Birds
A067	Bucephala clangula	Goldeneye	Birds
A224	Caprimulgus europaeus	Nightjar	Birds
A084	Circus pygargus	Montagu's Harrier	Birds
A064	Clangula hyemalis	Long-tailed Duck	Birds
A246	Lullula arborea	Woodlark	Birds
A066	Melanitta fusca	Velvet Scoter	Birds
	Melanitta nigra	Common Scoter	Birds
A070	Mergus merganser	Goosander	Birds
A069	Mergus serrator	Red-breasted Merganser	Birds
A063	Somateria mollissima	Eider	Birds
1163	Cottus gobio	Freshwater sculpin	Fishes
1099	Lampetra fluviatilis	Lampern	Fishes
1954	Dianthus arenarius subsp. arenarius		Flowering Plants
1355	Lutra lutra	Eurasian otter	Mammals

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

Scaup Aythya marila

Hazel Grouse Bonasa bonasia

Brent Goose Branta bernicla

Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

Woodlark Lullula arborea

Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca

Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

Goosander Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

Eider Somateria mollissima

Freshwater sculpin Cottus gobio

Lampern Lampetra fluviatilis

Dianthus arenarius subsp. arenarius

Eurasian otter Lutra lutra

Species summary

Nature directives' species in this site (18)

Species group	Number
Birds	14
Fishes	2
Flowering Plants	1
Mammals	1

Habitat types

Habitat type code	Habitat type english name	Cover [ha]
1110	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time	1537
1140	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide	31
1150	Coastal lagoons	40
1160	Large shallow inlets and bays	39
1170	Reefs	3
1210	Annual vegetation of drift lines	28
1220	Perennial vegetation of stony banks	61
1230	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts	3
1620	Boreal Baltic islets and small islands	20
1630	Boreal Baltic coastal meadows	189
1640	Boreal Baltic sandy beaches with perennial vegetation	54
2110	Embryonic shifting dunes	26
2120	Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes')	0
2130	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ('grey dunes')	30
2140	Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum	21
2180	Wooded dunes of the Atlantic, Continental and Boreal region	264
2190	Humid dune slacks	13
3140	Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp	34
3260	Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation	1
5130	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands	28
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites)	14
6210	Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites)	19
6270	Fennoscandian lowland species-rich dry to mesic grasslands	57
6280	Nordic alvar and precambrian calcareous flatrocks	203
6410	Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)	0
6430	Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels	11
7140	Transition mires and quaking bogs	10
7210	Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae	73
7230	Alkaline fens	172
9010	Western Taïga	265
9020	Fennoscandian hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests Quercus, Tilia, Acer, Fraxinus or Ulmus) rich in epiphytes	10
9080	Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods	8
91D0	Bog woodland	6
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	1

Designation information

NATURA 2000 is the ecological network for the conservation of wild animals and plant species and natural habitats of Community importance within the Union. It consists of sites classified under the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive (the Nature Directives).

NATURA 2000 site under

Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA)
Date classified as Special Protection Area (SPA)	Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 CEST 2004

Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI)
Date proposed as Site of Community Importance (SCI)	Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 CEST 2004
Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance	Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 CET 2007

Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC)	Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 CEST 2010

Date of Standard data form update	Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 2010

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