Is-Simar

Simar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Pwales Valley, in Xemxija, St Paul's Bay, Malta.^[2] An artificial wetland habitat was created on 5 hectares in the 1990s by BirdLife Malta volunteers in an area of abandoned marshland.^[3]

Is-Simar
Simar Nature Reserve (middle) from the hill of Wardija
Location	Xemxija, Malta
Coordinates	35°56′44″N 14°22′56″E
Area	5 ha (12 acres)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Is-Simar
Designated	29 January 1996
Reference no.	789[1]

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.^[4]

See also

• Chadwick Lakes
• Buskett Gardens