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

B

1.2 Site code

SKUEV0936

1.3 Site name

Horny tok Tople

1.4 First Compilation date

2017-01

1.5 Update date

2017-10

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:	State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic
Address:
Email:	sekretariat@sopsr.sk

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site proposed as SCI:	2017-10
Date site confirmed as SCI:	No information provided
Date site designated as SAC:	No information provided
National legal reference of SAC designation:	No information provided

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:	21.366302
Latitude:	49.239766

2.2 Area [ha]

363.5323

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
SK04	Východné Slovensko
SK04	Východné Slovensko

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Alpine

(100.00 %)

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them

Annex I Habitat types						Site assessment
Code	PF	NP	Cover [ha]	Cave [number]	Data quality	A|B|C|D	A|B|C
						Representativity	Relative Surface	Conservation	Global
6430			1.8	0.00	P	C	C	C	C
91E0			54.5298	0.00	G	B	C	B	B

• PF: for the habitat types that can have a non-priority as well as a priority form (6210, 7130, 9430) enter "X" in the column PF to indicate the priority form.
• NP: in case that a habitat type no longer exists in the site enter: x (optional)
• Cover: decimal values can be entered
• Caves: for habitat types 8310, 8330 (caves) enter the number of caves if estimated surface is not available.
• 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)

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.
F	1138	Barbus carpathicus			p	1000	20000	i	P	G	C	B	C	C
A	1193	Bombina variegata			p	50	1500	i	P	G	C	C	C	C
M	1337	Castor fiber			p	1	10	i	P	G	C	B	C	C
F	1149	Cobitis taenia			p	3000	10000	i	R	M	B	B	B	B
M	1355	Lutra lutra			p	1	10	i	P	G	C	B	C	C
F	6143	Romanogobio kesslerii			p	10	50	i	R	M	B	C	B	B
F	6144	Romanogobio vladykovi			p	500	1000	i	R	M	B	B	B	B
F	1146	Sabanejewia balcanica			p	200	500	i	R	M	B	C	B	B
I	1014	Vertigo angustior			p	0	1000	i	P	P	D
F	1160	Zingel streber			p	200	400	i	V	M	B	C	A	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
N06	80.00
N07	20.00
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

Proposed territory of European importance The Horný tok Tople consists of two polygons. The first polygon at the top of the flow begins between the villages of Gerlachov and ends west of Bardejov. The second polygon begins under Bardejovská Nová Ves and ends near the Lužany near th Topľa. The river has a high flow rate and hydrogeological productivity. From the point of view of the type of outflow regime, Topľa belongs to the highland-lowland region with a rainwater-snow outflow with the culmination of the river outflowes in March or April. The Topľa river is the second main river line of the river system that forms Bodrog and the main tributary stream of Ondava in the Tisa river collection area. Geomorphologically proposed area of Topľa belongs to the Ondavská vrchovina whole and the wider area of the proposed protected area is built by an external flysch, where the Magurská tectonic unit is represented by the Bystrická and Račianska rock bodies. This unit became the source of fluvial sediments (sand-gravelstones and sandy claystones) which were deposited in the valley of the river Topľa in the form of low terraces. These terraces are regularly inundated during spring floods and their transition to the flood-plain valley is usually smooth. The Topľa River is the axis of the protected area and accompanies it with the stands of the ashen-alder sub-mountain floodplain forests, which complement the high-grass communities typical for wet meadows, bank vegetation of Petasites officinalis forests and rare and woody vegetation with Myricaria germanica. The site is a significant migratory biocorridor in the bird's way, while at the once-and it is a significant breeding place of several avifauna species. The occurrence of many animal species of European significance and national significance has been noticed in the area, from the birds of Alcedo atthis, Ciconia ciconia, Picus canus, Egretta alba, the presence of the Lutra lutra from the mammals, the presence of the Casteo fiber, the amphibians Bombina variegata, Vertigo angustior and i. Significant is the representation of fish, overall in the flow of Tople recorded so far 22 species, of species of European importance eg. Gobio albipinatus, G. kessleri, Zingel streber.

4.2 Quality and importance

The area is a complex of habitats in which ash-alder floodplain forests situated at the foot of a mountains are complemented by high-herbaceous communities of wet meadows, bank vegetation of Petasites officinalis and strawed also woody vegetation with Myricaria germanica. It is characterized by the high diversity of animal species, particularly significant is the representation of species temporarily and permanently bound to the aquatic environment. Many species of national importance were noticed, from bats, for example, Myotis daubentonii, from reptiles Natrix natrix, Salamandra, Salamandra, from amphibians Bufo viridis, Hyla arborea, Rana ridibunda and others.

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)

Kolektív aut., 2002: Atlas krajiny Slovenskej republiky, MŽP SR Bratislava, 344 s. Koščo, J., 2005: Správa z ichtyologického prieskumu Tople, Ondavy a Hornádu. Manuscipt. Depon. in ŠOP SR, RCOP v Prešove, 7 s. Polák, P., Saxa, A., (eds.), 2005: Priaznivý stav biotopov a druhov európskeho významu.ŠOPSR, Banská Bystrica, 736 s.

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

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5.1 Designation types at national and regional level (optional):

Code	Cover [%]
SK12	100.00

5.2 Relation of the described site with other sites (optional):

Designated at national or regional level:

Type code	Site name	Type	Cover [%]
SK12	Topľa	-	100.00

5.3 Site designation (optional)

No information provided

6. SITE MANAGEMENT

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6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:

Organisation:	Regional Administration of Nature and Landscape Protection Prešov, tel: +421 51 756 74 15, Slovak Republic
Address:
Email:	po-rcop@sopsr.sk

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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Map delivered as PDF in electronic format (optional)

Yes X No

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