Special Protection Areas (England)

A Special Protection Area (SPA) is the land designated under Directive 2009/147/EC on the Conservation of Wild Birds. SPAs are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive, which came into force in April 1979. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds (as listed on Annex I of the Directive), and for regularly occurring migratory species. Data supplied has the status "Classified". The data does not include "Potential" sites. Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.特别保护区（Special Protection Area，简称SPA）是依据《2009/147/EC野生鸟类保护指令》所划定的陆地区域。SPA为依据欧盟鸟类指令（EC Birds Directive）第4条划定的严格保护场地，该指令于1979年4月正式生效。此类保护区的划定对象为指令附件一所列的珍稀濒危鸟类，以及定期迁徙的候鸟物种。所提供的数据状态为"已分类（Classified）"，未包含"潜在（Potential）"类场地。其边界以英国地形测量局主地图（Ordnance Survey MasterMap）为基准绘制完成。完整元数据可在data.gov.uk平台查询。