Special Protection Areas (SPAs)

Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with Article 4 of the EC Directive on the conservation of wild birds (79/409/EEC), also known as the Birds Directive, which came into force in April 1979. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds, listed in Annex I to the Birds Directive, and for regularly occurring migratory species.

In the UK, the first SPAs were identified and classified in the early to mid 1980s. Classification has since progressed and a regularly updated UK SPA Summary Table provides an overview of both the number of classified SPAs and those approved by Government that are currently in the process of being classified (these are known as potential SPAs, or pSPAs).

A full list of UK SPAs is also available, which gives the site name, site code, area, and location and its classification status. This has also been split into lists for each individual country in the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).

The Birds Directive provides no formal criteria for selecting SPAs, so the JNCC, on behalf of the statutory country conservation agencies and government, published SPA Selection Guidelines for use in the UK.

http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-162

Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Article 3 of the Habitats Directive requires the establishment of a European network of important high-quality conservation sites that will make a significant contribution to conserving the 189 habitat types and 788 species identified in Annexes I and II of the Directive (as amended). The listed habitat types and species are those considered to be most in need of conservation at a European level (excluding birds). Of the Annex I habitat types, 78 are believed to occur in the UK. Of the Annex II species, 43 are native to, and normally resident in, the UK.

Details of the process of SAC selection and designation are available on JNCC's SAC selection pages. Also provided is a full list of sites within the UK or each country within the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales), with links to site descriptions including details of qualifying features for designated SACs, SCIs or candidate SACs, and summary information for possible SACs. Downloadable data available includes a summary spreadsheet, GIS boundary data and copies of site documentation for designated sites

http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-23

From: Discussion of Welsh language technical terminology and vocabulary [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Huw Garan
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Term Cymru sy'n gywir rwy'n meddwl - Special Area of Conservation = Ardal Cadwraeth Arbennig erbyn hyn mae'n debyg. Rwy'n meddwl (ond ddim yn hollol siwr) fod Ardal Gwarchodaeth Arbennig yn hen enw ar yr un peth. Ydy, mae'n ddryslyd tu hwnt!

Oddi wrth/From: Discussion of Welsh language technical terminology and vocabulary [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Ar ran Siân Roberts
Anfonwyd/Sent: 02 July 2008 14:24
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Mae hyn yn eithriadol o ddryslyd.

Yn ôl geirfa Tim:

Special Area of Conservation

Ardal Gwarchod Arbennig

Ond yn ôl TermCymru:

Ardal Gwarchod Arbennig

Area of Special Protection

Special Area of Conservation

Ardal Cadwraeth Arbennig

O diar!!

On 2 Jul 2008, at 13:20, Saunders, Tim wrote:

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