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NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM

For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and
for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

SITE	BG0002007
SITENAME	Ostrov Ibisha

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
2. SITE LOCATION
3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
4. SITE DESCRIPTION
5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS
6. SITE MANAGEMENT
7. MAP OF THE SITE

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION

1.1 Type

1.2 Site code

BG0002007

1.3 Site name

Ostrov Ibisha

1.4 First Compilation date

2005-10

1.5 Update date

2015-07

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:	Ministry of Environment and Water, “National Nature Protection Service” Directorate
Address:	Sofia 22 Sofia 1000 Maria Luiza Blvd.
Email:	r.dimova@moew.government.bg

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site classified as SPA:	2007-03
National legal reference of SPA designation	Site classified as SPA by Council of Ministers Decision No. 122/02.03.2007 (promulgated SG 21/2007).

Explanation(s):

Site classified as SPA by Council of Ministers Decision No. 122/02.03.2007 (promulgated SG 21/2007). Issued designation order by the Minister of Environment and Water with prohibitions and restrictions on activities contradicting the conservation objectives of the site – Order No. RD – 514/22.08.2008 (promulgated SG 78/2008).

2. SITE LOCATION

2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:	23.518611
Latitude:	43.824444

2.2 Area [ha]

399.3232

2.3 Marine area [%]

0.0000

2.4 Sitelength [km]:

0.00

2.5 Administrative region code and name

NUTS level 2 code	Region Name
BG31	Severozapaden

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Continental

(100.00 %)

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

3.2 Species referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site evaluation for them

Species					Population in the site						Site assessment
G	Code	Scientific Name	S	NP	T	Size		Unit	Cat.	D.qual.	A\|B\|C\|D	A\|B\|C
						Min	Max				Pop.	Con.	Iso.	Glo.
B	A229	Alcedo atthis			p	1	1	p			C	A	C	C
B	A052	Anas crecca			w		201	i			B	A	C	B
B	A050	Anas penelope			w		6	i			B	A	C	B
B	A053	Anas platyrhynchos			w		900	i			C	A	C	C
B	A028	Ardea cinerea			r	37	115	p			C	A	C	A
B	A028	Ardea cinerea			c				P		C	A	C	C
B	A029	Ardea purpurea			c	10	10	i			B	A	C	B
B	A024	Ardeola ralloides			r	2	4	p			B	A	C	A
B	A024	Ardeola ralloides			c	10	10	i			B	A	C	A
B	A024	Ardeola ralloides			r		4	p			B	A	C	A
B	A067	Bucephala clangula			w		4	i			B	A	C	B
B	A030	Ciconia nigra			c	5	6	i			C	A	C	C
B	A030	Ciconia nigra			r	1	1	p			C	A	C	C
B	A081	Circus aeruginosus			c	1	2	i			C	A	C	C
B	A038	Cygnus cygnus			w		1	i			C	A	C	C
B	A429	Dendrocopos syriacus			p	1	2	p			C	A	C	C
B	A026	Egretta garzetta			c	10	10	i			A	A	C	A
B	A026	Egretta garzetta			r	14	18	p			A	A	C	A
B	A097	Falco vespertinus			c				P		C	A	C	C
B	A075	Haliaeetus albicilla			w		1	i			B	A	C	B
B	A068	Mergus albellus			w		3	i			B	A	C	B
B	A023	Nycticorax nycticorax			c	10	10	i			B	A	C	A
B	A023	Nycticorax nycticorax			r	18	36	p			B	A	C	A
B	A020	Pelecanus crispus			w		92	i			C	A	C	C
B	A019	Pelecanus onocrotalus			c	2	3	i			C	A	C	C
B	A017	Phalacrocorax carbo			r	425	900	p			C	A	C	C
B	A017	Phalacrocorax carbo			c				P		C	A	C	C
B	A017	Phalacrocorax carbo			w	1	67	i			C	A	C	C
B	A393	Phalacrocorax pygmeus			w		1	i			C	A	C	C
B	A393	Phalacrocorax pygmeus			r		60	p			B	A	C	B
B	A393	Phalacrocorax pygmeus			c				P		B	A	C	B
B	A234	Picus canus			p	1	1	p			C	A	C	C
B	A034	Platalea leucorodia			r	6	14	p			B	A	C	A
B	A034	Platalea leucorodia			c	1	1	i			B	A	C	A
B	A193	Sterna hirundo			c	5	10	i			C	A	C	C

Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, I = Invertebrates, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
Type: p = permanent, r = reproducing, c = concentration, w = wintering (for plant and non-migratory species use permanent)
Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the Standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting (see reference portal)
Abundance categories (Cat.): C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present - to fill if data are deficient (DD) or in addition to population size information
Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation); VP = 'Very poor' (use this category only, if not even a rough estimation of the population size can be made, in this case the fields for population size can remain empty, but the field "Abundance categories" has to be filled in)

3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)

Species					Population in the site				Motivation
Group	CODE	Scientific Name	S	NP	Size		Unit	Cat.	Species Annex		Other categories
					Min	Max		C\|R\|V\|P	IV	V	A	B	C	D

Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, Fu = Fungi, I = Invertebrates, L = Lichens, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
CODE: for Birds, Annex IV and V species the code as provided in the reference portal should be used in addition to the scientific name
S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting, (see reference portal)
Cat.: Abundance categories: C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present
Motivation categories: IV, V: Annex Species (Habitats Directive), A: National Red List data; B: Endemics; C: International Conventions; D: other reasons

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

4.1 General site character

Habitat class	% Cover
N04	0.00
N06	54.00
N08	10.00
N09	0.00
N16	36.00
N23	0.00
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

An island in the Danube (km 717), covered by tree vegetation, with the adjacent section of the river and the river banks, located to the north of the village of Dolni Tsibar, east from the town of Lom. It is built by river deposits, mainly of loam and sand. The bigger part of the island is overgrown with the typical for the Danube islands riverine forests of Alnus glutinosa, Salix alba and Salix fragilis, Populus alba and Populus nigra, at places mixed with artificial poplar plantations and hygrophyte grass associations. The forests have a rich and practically impenetrable undergrowth of lianas and blackberry Rubus sp.. The islands western bank is a vast sand strip without vegetation (Bondev 1991, Boev 1992; Georgiev 1993). There are shallow river waters around the island.

4.2 Quality and importance

The international importance of Ibisha Island is defined by the presence of the biggest mixed population of herons and cormorants in the country. It is a site of global importance for the nesting Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus and one of the five most important Bulgarian sites for the nesting Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax, Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides and Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia. The colonies of herons and cormorants are fully dependent on the riverine forests for nesting, as well as shallow parts of the river around the island for fishing.

4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site

The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site

Negative Impacts
Rank	Threats and pressures [code]	Pollution (optional) [code]	inside/outside [i\|o\|b]
M	A03		o
H	A03		i
L	A04		i
H	B		o
H	B		i
H	B01		i
M	B01		o
H	B02.01		i
H	B02.02		o
H	B02.02		i
H	B02.03		i
H	B02.04		i
H	B03		i
M	B03		o
H	C01.01		o
H	F02.01.02		o
H	F02.03		o
H	F03.01		i
H	F03.01		o
H	F03.02.01		i
H	F03.02.03		o
H	F03.02.03		i
H	F04		i
M	G01.01		o
L	H05		o

Positive Impacts
Rank	Activities, management [code]	Pollution (optional) [code]	inside/outside [i\|o\|b]
M	A03		o
H	B		o
M	B01		o
H	B02.02		o
M	B03		o
M	G01.01		o
L	H05		o
H	J02.04		i

Rank: H = high, M = medium, L = low
Pollution: N = Nitrogen input, P = Phosphor/Phosphate input, A = Acid input/acidification,
T = toxic inorganic chemicals, O = toxic organic chemicals, X = Mixed pollutions
i = inside, o = outside, b = both

4.5 Documentation

Initial proposal and description of the site made by Anton Antonov - Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, Bulgaria, 1111 Sofia, P.O.Box 50, phone (+359 2) 9715855, fax (+359 2) 9715856, www.bspb.org . Data revised by a team of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (http://www.bas.bg). Documents: BDZP/BirdLife Balgariya. 2005. Nacionalna banka za ornitologichna informacia 1988-2005, Balgarsko Druzhestvo za zastita na pticite; Boev, Z. 1992. Trevoga za Ibisha. Priroda I znanie. 7-8, 28-29.; Bondev, I. 1991. Rastitelnostta na Balgariya. S. Universitetsko izdatelstvo Sv. Kliment Ohridski, 183 s.; Botev, B. and Tz. Peshev, (eds). 1985. Red Data Book of Republic Bulgaria. 2: Animals. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Science. (In Bulgarian.); Georgiev, G. 1993. Narodnite parkove I rezervati v Balgariya. S. Prosveta, 190 s.; Iankov, P. 2002.(red.). Svetovno zastrasheni vidove ptitsi v Balgariya. Natsionalni planove za deystvie za opazvaneto im. Chast 1. BDZP-MOSV, Prirodozashtitna poreditsa, Kn. 4, Sofiya: 204-219.; Kostadinova, I. (sast.) 1997. Ornitologichno vazhni mesta v Balgariya. BDZP, Prirodozashtitna poreditsa. Kniga 1, BDZP, Sofiya, 176 s.; MOSV. 2005. Arhiv na zastitenite teritorii v Balgaria. Baza danni (nepubl.); Nikolov, Hr., S. Marin, A. Darakchiev. 1999. Malkiyat kormoran v Balgariya. Razprostranenie, chislenost I zaplahi. Nauch. Tr. Plov. Univ., Animaliya, 35, 6, 67-81.; Petrov, Tz., P.Iankov, T. Michev, B. Milchev, L. Profirov. 1991. Razprostranenie, chislenost I merki za opazvane na cherniya shtarkel, Ciconia nigra (L.) v Balgariya. Izv. Muz. Yu. Balgariya, T. 17, 25-32.; Birdlife International. 2004. Birds in Europe: Population estimates, trends and conservation status. Cambridge, UK: Birdlife International (Birdlife Conservation Series No. 12).; BirdLife International. 2005. World Bird Database Important Birds Areas.Bulgaria. Cambridge. (unpublished); Cambridge, UK: Birdlife International (Birdlife Conservation Series No. 12).; Iankov, P., N. Petkov, A. Kovachev, D. Plachiisky. (in print). Pygmy Cormorant in Bulgaria 2001/2002. Final Report. Kostadinova, I., S.Dereliev. 2001. Results the Mid-Winter Counts of Waterbirds in Bulgaria for the period 1997- 2001. BSPB Conservation Series. Book 3, BSPB, Sofia, BG; Kostadinova, I., M. Mihailov, (comp.) 2002. Guide for NATURA 2000 in Bulgaria. BSPB nature conservation series No5. BSPB, Sofia, 80pp. (In Bulgarian.); Kostadinova, I. 2005. Application of C criteria for Identification of Important Bird Areas of European Union importance in Bulgaria. Preliminarily implementation and analysis of the gaps. In: Petrova, A. (ed.), Current state of Bulgarian biodiversity problems and perspectives. Pp. 533-548. Bulgarian Bioplatform, Sofia MOEW. 1998. CORINE Biotopes Database of the sites of European Importance for the biodiversity. Bulgaria, MOSV (nepubl.); Osieck, E. 2000 Filling in the requirements of the EU Birds Directive: Lessons from the Dutch Case. In: European IBA Workshop. 29 March - 2 April 2000, Brussels, Belgium. Proceedings. BirdLife International, 86-99; Waliczky, Z. 2000 Important Bird Areas of European Union Importance: explanation of the EU Criteria applied in IBA 2000 In: European IBA Workshop. 29 March - 2 April 2000, Brussels, Belgium. Proceedings. BirdLife International, 12-16;

Link(s):http://natura2000.moew.government.bg/Home/ProtectedSite?code=BG0002007&siteType=BirdsDirective

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

5.1 Designation types at national and regional level:

Code	Cover [%]
BG00	91.00
BG04	9.00

5.2 Relation of the described site with other sites:

Designated at national or regional level:

Type code	Site name	Type	Cover [%]
BG04	IBISHA	+	9.00
IN06	IBA	=	100.00

Designated at international level:

Type	Site name	Type	Cover [%]
Other	IBISHA	+	9.00
Other	IBA	=	100.00

5.3 Site designation (optional)

About 9% of the area has been under strict protection as a reserve since 1984. In 1997 the area was designated as Important Bird Area by BirdLife International. In 1998 about 34% of the area was designated as CORINE Site because of its European value for habitats, rare and threatened plant and animal species, including birds. In 2003 almost all territory of Ibisha Island IBA was designated as Ramsar site because it is of international importance for colonially breeding birds. The proposed SPA borders a proposed Special Protection Area in Romania.

6. SITE MANAGEMENT

6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:

Organisation:	Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water -Montana; Danubean River Basin Directorate; Forestry Department - Lom.
Address:
Email:

6.2 Management Plan(s):

An actual management plan does exist:

	Yes
	No, but in preparation
X	No

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