Isles of Scilly Special Protection Area extension: comment on proposals
Natural England is seeking views on the proposal to extend the Isles of Scilly Special Protection Area (SPA) to protect important birds.
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Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are special sites designated under the EU Birds Directive to protect rare, vulnerable and migratory birds.
This site already protects internationally important populations of:
- storm petrel
- lesser black-backed gull
The proposal for the Isles of Scilly is to extend the SPA to protect internationally important breeding populations of:
- European shag
- great black-backed gull