Is-Simar Explained

Is-Simar
Location:Xemxija, Malta
Area:5ha

Simar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Pwales Valley, in Xemxija, St Paul's Bay, Malta.[1] An artificial wetland habitat was created on 5 hectares in the 1990s by BirdLife Malta volunteers in an area of abandoned marshland.

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

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Dillon, Paddy. 2016. Walking on Malta. Cicerone Press Limited. 109. 9781783622917.