Marismas de Isla Cristina
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code ES6150005)
- Under Birds Directive and Habitats Directive
- Since January 2001
- Country: Spain
- Administrative region: Andalucía (ES61)
- Surface area: 25 km2 (2498.02 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Mediterranean and Marine Atlantic biogeographical regions
- It protects 94 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 7 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 (94)Species group | Number |
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Birds | 92 |
Flowering Plants | 1 |
Mammals | 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 |
1130 | Estuaries | 438.8 |
1140 | Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide | 277.9 |
1310 | Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand | 69.8 |
1320 | Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae) | 177.8 |
1420 | Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) | 900.6 |
2190 | Humid dune slacks | 0.6 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 site under
Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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October 2002 |
Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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January 2001 |
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July 2006 |
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 |