Is-Simar

Simar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Pwales Valley, in Xemxija, St Paul's Bay.[2] An artificial wetland habitat was created in the 1990s by BirdLife Malta volunteers in an area of abandoned marsh-land.[3]

Is-Simar
Simar Nature Reserve (middle) from the hill of Wardija
LocationXemxija, Malta
Coordinates35°56′44″N 14°22′56″E
Area5 ha (12 acres)
Official nameIs-Simar
Designated29 January 1996
Reference no.789[1]

The reserve lies within the Is-Simar Special Protection Area, which has been a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance since 1996, a protected bird sanctuary since 2006 and a Site of Community Importance since March 2008.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Is-Simar". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. Dillon, Paddy (2016). Walking on Malta. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 109. ISBN 9781783622917.
  3. Simar. BirdLife Malta. Accessed September 2015.
  4. MT0000006: Is-Simar (limiti ta' San Pawl il-Bahar). Natura 2000 - Standard Data Form. Accessed September 2015.


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