For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
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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

HR1000024

1.3 Site name

Ravni kotari

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:	15.500117
Latitude:	44.050024

2.2 Area [ha]

65114.7556

2.3 Marine area [%]

0.0000

2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):

No information provided

2.5 Administrative region code and name

NUTS level 2 code	Region Name
HR03	Jadranska Hrvatska

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Mediterranean

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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	A109	Alectoris graeca			p	150	200	p		P	B	B	C	B
B	A255	Anthus campestris			r	900	1300	p		P	B	B	C	A
B	A215	Bubo bubo			p	15	30	p		P	C	B	C	B
B	A243	Calandrella brachydactyla			r	5	30	p		P	B	B	C	B
B	A224	Caprimulgus europaeus			r	200	300	p		P	B	B	C	B
B	A080	Circaetus gallicus			r	2	4	p		P	C	B	C	C
B	A082	Circus cyaneus			w	50	700	i		P	B	A	C	A
B	A084	Circus pygargus			r	21	33	p		G	A	A	C	A
B	A231	Coracias garrulus			r	10	20	p		G	A	B	C	A
B	A238	Dendrocopos medius			p	10	20	p		P	C	C	C	B
B	A098	Falco columbarius			w	3	8	i		P	B	A	C	B
B	A095	Falco naumanni			r	0	1	p		M	C	B	C	B
B	A095	Falco naumanni			c				p	M	C	B	C	B
B	A103	Falco peregrinus			p	0	1	p		M	D
B	A127	Grus grus			c				p	DD	C	B	C	C
B	A439	Hippolais olivetorum			r	30	50	p		P	B	A	C	A
B	A338	Lanius collurio			r	9000	11000	p		P	B	A	C	A
B	A339	Lanius minor			r	100	200	p		P	B	A	C	A
B	A246	Lullula arborea			r	900	1200	p		P	B	A	C	A
B	A242	Melanocorypha calandra			r	30	50	p		M	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
N08	22.45
N09	12.63
N12	3.88
N15	42.98
N16	8.15
N17	0.20
N19	0.05
N21	3.36
N22	0.30
N23	5.86
N25	0.14
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

This is a coastal plain area near Zadar, neighbouring the SPA Vransko jezero i Jasen. Former numerous wetlands (Vransko polje, Nadinsko blato, Bokanjačko blato) have been reclaimed during the last century and today are covered with mosaic agricultural land. Here is the only registered breeding site of the Roller (Corracias garrulous) in Croatia. Extensive open habitats are the nesting area of Montagu's Harriers (Circus pygargus). Succession of meadows results in developing Quercus pubescens forests with the biggest Croatian population of Olive-tree Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum). Lithostratigraphic units represented in this area are: Flisch sediments (middle and upper eocene - E2, 3), Rudist limestones (cenomanian-maastricht - K21-6), Deluvial-proluvial sediments (a-dprQ2), Liburnian sediments, foraminiferal limestones and transitional sediments (Upper paleocene , lower and middle eocene - Pc, E1, 2) etc./ Soils: Limestone's and dolomite's black soil, Swamp's gley etc./ Lowlands characteristic area; exchangeing of mainly carbonate hills and flysch valleys, that are covered with younger sediments; changes of synclines and anticlines are the main morphostructural feature of this area.

4.2 Quality and importance

- Information on birds population sizes 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) - SPA Ravni kotari holds 100% of national breeding population of Corracias garrulous. The Roller nests in poplar trees that border channels along mosaic agricultural land - SPA Ravni kotari holds the largest breeding population of Hippolais olivetorum (12%) and Lullula arborea (9%) in Croatia - SPA Ravni kotari holds 16,7% of national breeding population of Circus pygargus - SPA Ravni kotari holds 9,4% of national breeding population of Melanocorypha calandra

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 BIOM (2014: Letter to the State Institute for Nature Protection Ur.br.: 1-14-69 from 4.July 2014 Crnković, R. (2014): Završno izvješće o obavljenim monitorinzima 2014. - Velika ševa (Melanocorypha calandra). Izvješće za DZZP. Trogir Hrvatsko ornitološko društvo (2011): Motrenje gnijezdeće populacije kosca (Crex crex) na Paškom polju, izvorišni dio Cetine, od 2004. do 2011. Izvješće za Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zagreb Institute of ornithology (2015): Unpublished data on Melanocorypha calandra. Zagreb Mikulić K, Budinski I, Zec M (2014) Monitoring nacionalne populacije bjelonokte vjetruše (Falco naumanni). Konačni izvještaj za 2014. Udruga BIOM, Zagreb, 16 str. Izvješće za DZZP. Mikulić K, Zec M, Hudina T, Kapelj S (2015) Narativni dio izvještaja projekta „Istraživanje i zaštita eje livadarke (Circus pygargus) u Hrvatskoj" za Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost. Udruga BIOM, Zagreb, 21 str. 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 Tutiš, V., Barišić, S., Ćiković, D., Kralj, J.(2014): Monitoring gnijezdeće populacije zlatovrane Coracias garrulus u Ravnim kotarima tijekom 2014.godine. Konačno izvješće. Zavod za ornitologiju HAZU. Zagreb, 27 str. Izvješće za DZZP Zavod za ornitologiju HAZU (2011): Rasprostranjenost i staništa voljića maslinara (Hippolais olivetorum) u sjevernoj Dalmaciji i Hrvatskom primorju. Konačno izvješće. Izvješće za Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zagreb Zavod za ornitologiju HAZU (2011): Istraživanje brojnosti i rasprostranjenosti zlatovrane (Coracias garrulus) na području Ravnih kotara – 1.godina. Izvješće za Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zagreb Zavod za ornitologiju HAZU (2012): Istraživanje brojnosti i rasprostranjenosti zlatovrane (Coracias garrulus) na području Ravnih kotara – 2.godina. Izvješće za 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 Mikulić K., Zec M., Hudina T., Kapelj S. (2015) Narativni dio izvještaja projekta „Istraživanje i zaštita eje livadarke (Circus pygargus) u Hrvatskoj" za Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost. Udruga BIOM, Zagreb

Link(s):http://natura-jadera.com/

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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