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NATURA 2000 status does not guarantee the protection of Croatian Spoonbill breeding population

Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia is a regular breeding bird species in Croatia whose population has been fairly well monitored since 1962. They bred in a single colony (Krapje Djol) until 1989 when the population dispersed due to drought and colonised new breeding sites, primarily man-made carp fishponds. Krapje Djol colony, situated in former Sava River oxbow, is the only natural breeding site for spoonbills in Croatia. Despite being protected as NATURA 2000 sites, lack of proper management plans and nature protection enforcements results in so called ‘’paper protection" that cannot ensure the wellbeing of the Croatian breeding population. The main threats are continuous breeding habitat destruction during fishpond reconstruction for the purpose of intensification of fish production, abandonment of the fish production that result in dry fishponds as well as disturbance caused by hunting during the fall migration and wintering

Eurasian Spoonbill, Natura 2000 sites, protection

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