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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 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

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1.1 Type

A

1.2 Site code

HR1000014

1.3 Site name

Gornji tok Drave

1.4 First Compilation date

2012-12

1.5 Update date

2015-04

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:	Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development - MESD
Address:
Email:	zavod@mingor.hr

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site classified as SPA:	2013-07
National legal reference of SPA designation	Regulation on ecological network and responsible public institutions for site management, Official Gazette 80/19

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:	17.086823
Latitude:	46.141846

2.2 Area [ha]

22981.5449

2.3 Marine area [%]

0.0000

2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):

No information provided

2.5 Administrative region code and name

No information provided

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Continental

(0.00 %)

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them

No habitat types are reported for the site

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	A168	Actitis hypoleucos			r	180	210	p		P	A	B	C	B
B	A229	Alcedo atthis			r	35	50	p		G	B	A	C	A
B	A054	Anas acuta			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A052	Anas crecca			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A052	Anas crecca			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A050	Anas penelope			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A050	Anas penelope			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A053	Anas platyrhynchos			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A053	Anas platyrhynchos			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A055	Anas querquedula			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A051	Anas strepera			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A051	Anas strepera			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A051	Anas strepera			r	2	3	p		P	B	B	C	B
B	A029	Ardea purpurea			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A059	Aythya ferina			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A059	Aythya ferina			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A061	Aythya fuligula			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A061	Aythya fuligula			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A021	Botaurus stellaris			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A021	Botaurus stellaris			w				p	DD	C	B	C	B
B	A021	Botaurus stellaris			r	1	2	cmales		P	B	B	C	B
B	A067	Bucephala clangula			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A067	Bucephala clangula			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A031	Ciconia ciconia			r	20	30	p		P	C	B	C	B
B	A030	Ciconia nigra			r	4	6	p		P	C	B	C	B
B	A082	Circus cyaneus			w	2	6	i		P	C	B	C	B
B	A036	Cygnus olor			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A036	Cygnus olor			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A238	Dendrocopos medius			p	100	150	p		P	C	B	C	B
B	A236	Dryocopus martius			p	3	5	p		P	C	C	C	C
B	A027	Egretta alba			c				p	DD	C	B	C	B
B	A027	Egretta alba			w	30	50	i		P	C	B	C	B
B	A026	Egretta garzetta			c				p	DD	C	B	C	B
B	A098	Falco columbarius			w	0	1	i		P	C	B	C	B
B	A321	Ficedula albicollis			r	400	1200	p		M	C	B	C	B
B	A125	Fulica atra			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A125	Fulica atra			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A075	Haliaeetus albicilla			p	5	8	p		M	B	B	C	B
B	A022	Ixobrychus minutus			c				p	DD	C	B	C	B
B	A022	Ixobrychus minutus			r	15	30	p		P	C	B	C	B
B	A338	Lanius collurio			r	2000	3000	p		P	D
B	A339	Lanius minor			r	2	4	p		P	D
B	A272	Luscinia svecica			r	10	35	p		P	A	A	C	A
B	A272	Luscinia svecica			c				p	DD	B	A	C	A
B	A058	Netta rufina			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A058	Netta rufina			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A023	Nycticorax nycticorax			c				p	DD	C	B	C	B
B	A072	Pernis apivorus			r	2	3	p		P	C	B	C	B
B	A393	Phalacrocorax pygmeus			w	0	10	i		P	C	B	C	B
B	A234	Picus canus			p	7	12	p		P	C	B	C	C
B	A118	Rallus aquaticus			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A118	Rallus aquaticus			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A249	Riparia riparia			r	300	2400	p		G	B	B	C	A
B	A195	Sterna albifrons			r	0	10	p		G	C	B	C	A
B	A193	Sterna hirundo			r	60	80	p		G	B	B	C	A
B	A307	Sylvia nisoria			r	60	100	p		P	C	B	C	C
B	A142	Vanellus vanellus			c				p	DD	B	B	C	B
B	A142	Vanellus vanellus			w				p	DD	B	B	C	B

• 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)

No information provided

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

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4.1 General site character

Habitat class	% Cover
N04	0.37
N06	9.36
N07	1.91
N08	10.24
N10	2.87
N12	6.69
N15	34.32
N16	32.65
N17	0.01
N19	0.01
N23	1.57
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

The area encompasses upper strech of Drava river (from Terezino polje to Donji Miholjac). This is the only extensive area in Croatia with well-developed gravel banks, bars and islands. The river system includes many small tributaries, oxbow lakes, ponds and gravel pits. The area also comprises pedunculate oak forest Repaš, riverine forests (willow and poplar) and agricultural land. It is one of the most important breeding areas for Common and Little Tern. This SPA is a part of Regional Park Mura-Drava that includes the whole section of Mura and Drava rivers in Croatia. Regional Park is included in the Croatian-Hungarian part of the planned 5-Country UNESCO Biosphere Reserve "Mura-Drava-Danube", which was officially approved by UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Committee in Paris in 2011. The SPA includes part of special reserve Veliki Pažut and significant landscape Čambina.

4.2 Quality and importance

- Information on BD Annex I birds population sizes and National Red List species was provided by the Institute for Ornithology (Zavod za ornitologiju, 2013). Numbers presented refer to estimations or exact data based as much as possible on recent surveys (data provided by the Institute staff and their field-work associates) - Population sizes of non-Annex I regularly occurring migratory waterbirds that represent target features of the SPA area have not been estimated. There is no data available for concentrations. The area was poorly covered by International Waterbird Census for Croatia. There should be a survey aimed at registering ‘zero' numbers for each species as the basis for further monitoring of SPA target features - SPA Gornji tok Drave is the most important site in Continental region of Croatia for breeding of Sterna albifrons and Sterna hirundo – both species are highly dependent on habitats of river gravel banks and islands; in some years there was no breeding of terns registered - - SPA Gornji tok Drave holds 33% of national breeding population of Luscinia svecica that in Croatia nests only in the Drava – Danube area - SPA Gornji tok Drave holds 52% of national breeding population of Actitis hypoleucos (National Red List species, highly connected to habitats of river gravel banks and islands) - SPA Gornji tok Drave holds 6% of national breeding population of Riparia riparia (National Red List species, highly connected to habitats of unregulated river banks)

4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site

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

4.4 Ownership (optional)

No information provided

4.5 Documentation (optional)

Agencija za zaštitu okoliša: CORINE Land Cover Hrvatska. Baza podataka CLC 2006 Grlica, I.D. i Razlog-Grlica, J. (2014): Monitoring bregunice (Riparia riparia), vodomara (Alcedo atthis), male čigre (Sterna albifrons) i crvenokljune čigre (Sterna hirundo) na rijekama Muri, Dravi i Dunavu tijekom 2014. godine Hrvatsko društvo za zaštitu ptica i prirode (2002): International Waterbird Census (IWC) Croatia. Internal document Hrvatsko društvo za zaštitu ptica i prirode (2007): International Waterbird Census (IWC) Croatia - Drava. Internal document Hrvatsko društvo za zaštitu ptica i prirode (2010): International Waterbird Census (IWC) Croatia - Drava. Internal document Hrvatsko društvo za zaštitu ptica i prirode (2012): International Waterbird Census (IWC) Croatia. http://www.ptice.hr/Download.htm Novoselac, M. (2011): Zimovanje ptica močvarica u Hrvatskoj tijekom 2009 - 2011. Godine. Diplomski rad. Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Odjel za biologiju, Osijek Prirodoslovno društvo Drava (2011): Monitoring bregunica, močvarica i ptica grabljivica na rijeci Dravi - konačno izvješće za 2011. godinu. Izvješće za Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zagreb Prirodoslovno društvo Drava (2012): Monitoring bregunica, vodomara, male i crvenokljune čigre na rijekama Muri, Dravi i Dunavu – konačno izvješće za 2012. godinu. Izvješće za Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zagreb Radović, D., Kralj, J., Tutiš, V., Radović, J. i Topić, R. (2005): Nacionalna ekološka mreža – Važna područja za ptice u Hrvatskoj. Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zagreb Tutiš, V., Kralj, J., Radović, D., Ćiković, D. i Barišić, S. (2013): Crvena knjiga ptica Republike Hrvatske. Ministarstvo zaštite okoliša i prirode, Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zagreb Zavod za ornitologiju (Sanja Barišić, Davor Ćiković, Jelena Kralj, Goran Sušić,Vesna Tutiš), Dragan Radović, Ivan Budinski, Robert Crnković, Antun Delić, Dubravko Dender, Vlatka Dumbović, Ivan Darko Grlica, Bariša Ilić, Luka Jurinović, Davor Krnjeta, Krešimir Leskovar, Duje Lisičić, Ivica Lolić, Gordan Lukač. Kristijan Mandić, Krešimir Mikulić, Tibor Mikuska, Gvido Piasevoli, Andrej Radalj, Zlatko Ružanović, Vlatka Šćetarić, Mirko Šetina, Adrian Tomik (2013): Procjene brojnosti za SPA područja. Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zagreb

Link(s):www.zastita-prirode-kckzz.hr

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

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6. SITE MANAGEMENT

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6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:

No information provided

6.2 Management Plan(s):

An actual management plan does exist:

	Yes
	No, but in preparation
X	No

6.3 Conservation measures (optional)

No information provided

 

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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INSPIRE ID:
Map delivered as PDF in electronic format (optional)
Yes X No

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