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

HUKN20016

1.3 Site name

Matkópusztai ürgés gyep

1.4 First Compilation date

2003-12

1.5 Update date

2012-10

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:	Kiskunsági National Park Directorate
Address:
Email:

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site proposed as SCI:	2004-05
Date site confirmed as SCI:	No information provided
Date site designated as SAC:	2010-02
National legal reference of SAC designation:	275/2004. (X. 8.) Kormányrendelet

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:	19.681389
Latitude:	46.802778

2.2 Area [ha]

155.6600

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
HU33	Dél-Alföld

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Pannonian

(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
6260			72	0.00	G	C	C	C	C

• 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.
M	1335	Spermophilus citellus			p	501	1000	i		G	C	C	A	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
B		Alauda arvensis						C					X

• 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

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4.1 General site character

Habitat class	% Cover
N03	20.00
N09	75.00
N23	5.00
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

It is a plain area with degraded sandy grasslands on higher levels and mostly nondescript degraded grasslands on lower ones. It is surrounded by small farms and arable lands. Many decades ago there was a salt wetland on the lower parts of the site, but due to local drainage and decrease of regional ground water level, it has dried out. During that time original habitats of Spermophilus citellus population on higher hillocks have been largely destroyed, so a great part of the population has "gone down" to the former wetland. "Other land" types are: small farms, canals, buildings of an agricultural and sport airport, minor roads, motor road.

4.2 Quality and importance

Kiemelt fontosságú cél a Spermophilus citellus (ürge) kedvező természetvédelmi helyzetének fenntartása. It has medium quality and great importance from the point of view of Spermophilus citellus population. Spermophilus populations on clayey soils are not too rare in the Carpathian basin, but on sandy ones they became much more endangered. This "ecotype" of Spermophilus citellus was widely distributed on sandy areas between Danube and Tisza rivers on the Great Hungarian Plain, but now the population of this site is one of the biggest remainders. The site has only medium quality, primarily because of its relatively small territory and its unfavourable surroundings - small farms, arable lands, vineyards, planted forest monocultures -, so it is exposed to quite a lot disturbing effect (traffic, agricultural pollutions, disturbing effects of human presence, etc.).

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)

There is no detailed documentation about the site. The relative abundance of Spermophilus population is monitored in the framework of the National Biodiversity-monitoring system; there are annual reports about these surveys in the Kiskunság National Park Directorate.

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)

Általános célkitűzések: A Natura 2000 terület természetvédelmi célkitűzése az azon található, a kijelölés alapjául szolgáló fajok és élőhelytípusok kedvező természetvédelmi helyzetének megőrzése, fenntartása, helyreállítása, valamint a Natura 2000 területek lehatárolásának alapjául szolgáló természeti állapot és a kedvező természetvédelmi állapottal összhangban lévő gazdálkodás feltételeinek biztosítása. Részletes célkitűzések: A Spermophilus citellus (ürge) állománynagysága és állományának területi kiterjedése ne csökkenjen. Ennek érdekében élőhelyén biztosítani szükséges a rendszeres kaszálásos vagy legeltetéses gyepkezelést. A rendeltetésszerű és szükségszerű repülőtéri tevékenység körébe nem tartozó, az ürgeállományt megzavaró, illetve károsító tevékenységek ne történjenek a területen. There is no management plan yet.

 

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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