Database release:

NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM

For Special Protection Areas (SPA)
For Sites Eligible for identification as sites of community importance (SCI) and
For Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

SITE	ES0000022
SITENAME	Aigüestortes

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
2. SITE LOCATION
3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
4. SITE DESCRIPTION
5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS AND RELATION WITH CORINE BIOTOPES
6. IMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE SITE
7. MAP OF THE SITE

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION

1.1 TYPE

1.2 SITE CODE

ES0000022

1.3 COMPILATION DATE

01-Nov-1996

1.4 UPDATE

01-Aug-2006

1.6 RESPONDENT(S)

Generalitat de Catalunya Departament de Medi Ambient Departament de Medi Ambient

1.7 SITE NAME

Aigüestortes

1.8 SITE INDICATION AND DESIGNATION/CLASSIFICATION DATES

DATE SITE PROPOSED AS ELIGIBLE AS SCI	DATE CONFIRMED AS SCI
01-Nov-1996	No data
DATE SITE CLASSIFIED AS SPA	DATE SITE DESIGNATED AS SAC
01-Feb-1988	No data

2. SITE LOCATION

2.1 SITE CENTRE LOCATION

Longitude	0.945278
Latitude	42.554722

positive values = decimal degrees W/ negative values = decimal degrees E (Greenwich)

2.2 AREA (HA)

56033.3000

2.4 ALTITUDE (M)

Minimum	849
Maximum	3023
Mean	2236

2.5 ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

Nuts Code	ES513
Region Name	Lleida
% Cover	100.00

2.6 BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION

Alpine

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

NOTE: Protected species are shown with red background.

3.1 HABITAT TYPES PRESENT ON THE SITE AND ASSESSMENT FOR THEM

ANNEX I HABITAT TYPES

CODE	% COVER	REPRESENTATIVITY	RELATIVE SURFACE	CONSERVATION STATUS	GLOBAL ASSESSMENT
91E0	0.00	A	C	A	C
1520	0.01	C	C	C	C
3110	0.00	A	A	A	A
3140	0.00	A	A	A	A
3150	0.00	A	A	A	A
3160	0.00	A	A	A	A
3240	0.00	A	C	A	A
4020	0.04	A	A	A	A
4030	0.24	A	B	A	C
4060	2.68	A	A	A	A
4090	0.00	A	C	A	C
5110	0.23	A	C	A	C
5120	0.78	A	B	A	C
5130	0.40	A	A	A	A
6140	8.18	A	A	A	A
6170	3.51	A	A	A	B
6210	4.96	A	B	A	B
6410	0.01	A	B	A	B
6430	0.07	A	A	A	B
6510	0.07	A	C	A	C
6520	0.57	A	A	A	A
7110	0.00	A	C	A	B
7140	0.00	A	A	A	A
7220	0.00	A	C	A	A
7230	0.03	A	B	A	C
7240	0.00	A	C	A	B
8110	0.06	B	B	B	B
8130	12.39	A	C	A	A
8210	0.72	A	C	A	C
8220	16.36	A	A	A	A
8230	0.00	A	C	A	B
8310	0.00	A	C	A	B
8340	0.00	A	C	A	B
9110	0.08	A	C	A	C
9120	0.17	C	C	C	C
9130	0.96	A	B	A	A
9150	0.00	A	C	A	C
9180	0.09	A	A	A	C
9340	0.67	C	C	B	C
9430	11.44	A	B	A	A
9530	0.05	C	C	C	C
91D0	0.04	C	C	C	C

3.2. SPECIES
Covered by Article 4 of Directive 79/409/EEC and
listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and
site assessment for them

3.2.A. BIRDS listed on Annex I of Council directive 79/409/EEC

CODE	NAME	POPULATION				SITE ASSESSMENT
		Resident	Migratory			Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
		Resident	Breed	Winter	Stage	Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
A223	Aegolius funereus	m13				B	B	C	A
A091	Aquila chrysaetos	p(7-8)				B	B	C	B
A215	Bubo bubo	p(0-1)				C	B	C	C
A236	Dryocopus martius	p(9-32)				B	B	C	A
A103	Falco peregrinus	p(9-10)				C	B	C	B
A076	Gypaetus barbatus	p5				A	B	C	A
A087	Gyps fulvus	p2				C	B	C	B
A092	Hieraaetus pennatus		p(0-1)			C	B	C	C
A407	Lagopus mutus pyrenaicus	m(116-193)				A	B	C	A
A338	Lanius collurio		p(323-753)			C	B	C	B
A246	Lullula arborea	p(150-291)				C	B	C	B
A073	Milvus migrans		p(0-1)			C	B	C	C
A074	Milvus milvus		P			B	B	B	B
A077	Neophron percnopterus		p(0-1)			C	B	C	C
A415	Perdix perdix hispaniensis	p(87-130)				A	B	C	A
A346	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	p(274-448)				B	B	C	B
A302	Sylvia undata	p(49-178)				C	B	C	C
A108	Tetrao urogallus	m64				A	B	C	A

3.2.B. Regularly occurring Migratory Birds not listed on Annex I of Council directive 79/409/EEC

3.2.C. MAMMALS listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

CODE	NAME	POPULATION				SITE ASSESSMENT
		Resident	Migratory			Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
		Resident	Breed	Winter	Stage	Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
1301	Galemys pyrenaicus	C				B	A	C	A
1355	Lutra lutra	i1-5				C	A	C	A
1310	Miniopterus schreibersi	P				C	B	C	A
1305	Rhinolophus euryale	P				C	A	C	B
1304	Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum	P				C	A	C	A
1303	Rhinolophus hipposideros	P				C	A	C	A
1354	Ursus arctos	i<2				B	A	C	A

3.2.D. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

CODE	NAME	POPULATION				SITE ASSESSMENT
		Resident	Migratory			Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
		Resident	Breed	Winter	Stage	Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
1249	Iberolacerta bonnali (Lacerta monticola)	R				A	B	A	A

3.2.E. FISHES listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

3.2.F. INVERTEBRATES listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

CODE	NAME	POPULATION				SITE ASSESSMENT
		Resident	Migratory			Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
		Resident	Breed	Winter	Stage	Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
1078	Callimorpha quadripunctaria	P				C	A	C	B
1088	Cerambyx cerdo	P				C	A	B	B
1065	Euphydryas aurinia	P				C	A	C	B
1075	Graellsia isabelae	P				B	A	C	B
1083	Lucanus cervus	P				C	A	C	B
1087	Rosalia alpina	P				C	A	C	B

3.2.G. PLANTS listed on Annex II of Council directive 92/43/EEC

CODE	NAME	POPULATION				SITE ASSESSMENT
		Resident	Migratory			Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
		Resident	Breed	Winter	Stage	Population	Conservation	Isolation	Global
1386	Buxbaumia viridis	P				A	A	B	B
1393	Drepanocladus vernicosus	P				A	A	B	B

3.3 OTHER IMPORTANT SPECIES OF FLORA AND FAUNA

GROUP	SCIENTIFIC NAME	MOTIVATION
P	Alchemilla catalaunica	B
P	Alchemilla pentaphyllea	D
P	Alchemilla pyrenaica	D
A	Alytes obstetricans boscai	D
P	Androsace ciliata	B
P	Arenaria purpurascens	D
P	Campanula jaubertiana	B
P	Carex vesicaria	D
R	Coluber sp.	A
R	Coronella austriaca austriaca	C
P	Galanthus nivalis ssp. nivalis	C
P	Gentiana lutea ssp. lutea	A
M	Meles meles	A
M	Microtus nivalis	C
M	Mustela erminea	C
I	Parnassius apollo pyrenaicus	B
P	Pedicularis tuberosa	D
M	Rupicapra rupicapra pyrenaica	C
P	Saussurea alpina	D
M	Sorex araneus	C
P	Subularia aquatica	D

(B=Birds, M= Mammals, A=Amphibians, R=Reptiles, F=Fish, I=Invertebrates, P=Plants)

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

4.1 GENERAL SITE CHARACTER

Habitat Classes	% Cover
Salt marshes, Salt pastures, Salt steppes	0.02
Inland water bodies (Standing water, Running water)	1.36
Bogs, Marshes, Water fringed vegetation, Fens	0.31
Heath, Scrub, Maquis and Garrigue, Phygrana	6.72
Dry grassland, Steppes	11.98
Humid grassland, Mesophile grassland	1.96
Alpine and sub-Alpine grassland	24.30
Extensive cereal cultures (including Rotation cultures with regular fallowing)	0.98
Broad-leaved deciduous woodland	2.30
Coniferous woodland	21.14
Evergreen woodland	1.56
Mixed woodland	2.03
Inland rocks, Screes, Sands, Permanent Snow and ice	25.26
Other land (including Towns, Villages, Roads, Waste places, Mines, Industrial sites)	0.08
TOTAL HABITAT COVER	100 %

4.2 QUALITY AND IMPORTANCE

4.3 VULNERABILITY

4.4 SITE DESIGNATION

4.5 OWNERSHIP

4.6 DOCUMENTATION

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS AND RELATION WITH CORINE BIOTOPES

5.1 DESIGNATION TYPES at National and Regional Level

CODE	% COVER
ES08	24.96
ES99	46.83

5.2 RELATION OF THE DESCRIBED SITE WITH OTHER SITES

6. IMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE SITE

7. MAP OF THE SITE

SITE DISPLAY

PHYSICAL MAP

NATIONAL MAP NUMBER	SCALE	PROJECTION
10 (32-10)	50.000	UTM (ES)
11 (33-10)	50.000	UTM (ES)
20 (33-11)	50.000	UTM (ES)
4 (33- 8)	50.000	UTM (ES)
6 (32- 9)	50.000	UTM (ES)
7 (33- 9)	50.000	UTM (ES)

REFERENCE TO AVAILABILITY OF BOUNDARIES IN DIGITIZED FORM

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