Fondos Marinos Marismas del Río Palmones
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code ES6120033)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since May 2007
- Country: Spain
- Administrative region: Andalucía (ES61)
- Surface area: 1 km2 (87.55 ha)
- Marine area: 99%
- Located in Mediterranean and Marine Mediterranean biogeographical regions
- It protects 15 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 5 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
List
Gallery
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (15)Species group | Number |
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Birds | 13 |
Mammals | 1 |
Reptiles | 1 |
Habitat types
Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
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1110 | Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time | 0 |
1140 | Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide | 0 |
1210 | Annual vegetation of drift lines | 0.05 |
2120 | Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes') | 0.02 |
2230 | Malcolmietalia dune grasslands | 0.01 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 site under
Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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May 2007 |
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December 2008 |
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | August 2015 |
Date of Standard data form update | February 2018 |
Other resources
Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |