MALTA · DESIGNATIONS · PROTECTED AREAS
Bird sanctuaries
What this layer shows
Bird sanctuaries under the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations (S.L. 549.42): reserves such as Għadira, Simar and Comino, and places such as the airport, cemeteries and beacons where hunting and trapping are banned. The ban applies within the boundary shown.
Publisher and licence
European Environment Agency (Nationally designated areas) · CC BY 4.0
European Environment Agency (Nationally designated areas), CC BY 4.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · bio.discomap.eea.europa.eu
Merestone asks this service live for the area on screen. Nothing is copied or stored beyond a short cache.
This layer is drawn from the European Environment Agency's annual return of what Malta reports, not from a live service of the national body itself. A boundary changed this year appears here when the next return is published.
Facts shown for each feature
Register number · Designated · Legal basis · Area (ha) · IUCN category
In these presets
Natura 2000 and protected areas
Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas (Natura 2000), nature reserves, national parks, Special Areas of Conservation of national importance, Areas of Ecological Importance, Sites of Scientific Importance, bird sanctuaries and Ramsar sites, from the European Environment Agency's data. The free starting view. Always check the designating notice.
Coast, trees and bathing
Protected beaches, bathing water quality, Areas of High Landscape Value, Tree Protection Areas, historic trees, the Filfla no-entry zone, bird sanctuaries and the marine caves (waiting for permission). For walkers, divers and birdwatchers.