A Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.
Under the Directive, Member States of the European Union (EU) have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly threatened birds.
Together with Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), the SPAs form a network of protected sites across the EU, called Natura 2000.
Each SPA has an EU code – for example the North Norfolk Coast SPA has the code UK9009031.
Read more about Special Protection Area: SPAs in The United Kingdom, SPAs in Poland, SPAs in Portugal, SPAs in Spain
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