Is-Simar

35°56′44″N 14°22′56″E / 35.94556°N 14.38222°E / 35.94556; 14.38222Area5 ha (12 acres)
Ramsar Wetland
Official nameIs-SimarDesignated29 January 1996Reference no.789[1]

Simar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Pwales Valley, in Xemxija, St Paul's Bay, Malta.[2] An artificial wetland habitat was created in the 1990s by BirdLife Malta volunteers in an area of abandoned marshland.[3]

The reserve lies within the Is-Simar Special Protection Area, which has been a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance since 1996, a protected bird sanctuary since 2006 and a Site of Community Importance since March 2008.[4]

See also

  • Chadwick Lakes
  • Buskett Gardens

References

  1. ^ "Is-Simar". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ Dillon, Paddy (2016). Walking on Malta. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 109. ISBN 9781783622917.
  3. ^ Simar. BirdLife Malta. Accessed September 2015.
  4. ^ "Is-Simar (limiti ta' San Pawl il-Bahar) (MT0000006)". Natura 2000. European Environment Agency. Accessed 11 October 2022.


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