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NPR Parížske močiare

NNR- Paris marshes represent the unique water meadow of national and international importance; this is confirmed by the fact that they joined the Ramsar Convention as the first in 1990. Locality was also added to the List of Natura 2000. The territory is not of large size, only 184.05 ha, but it is the home of the enormous natural wealth. The marshes have preserved their rich and colourful fauna and flora. There have been identified more than 340 species of vascular plants, 44 species of molluscs, 162 species of spiders and Opilionidea, 34 species of dragonflies, 401 species of beetles, 54 species of Hymenoptera and 37 species of Diptera. Also vertebrate have been found there: 18 species of fishes, 10 species of amphibians and more than 31 species of mammals. There have been noticed 171 species of birds, 67 of them nest there. Paris Marshes are the one and only most northern known nesting place of the Moustached Warbler. This territory is also the largest nesting place of wetland birds in Slovakia.

CHVÚ Parížske močiare

The protected bird area is called Paris Marshes.

The Protected Bird Area of Paris Marshes has the territory of 387.76 ha.

The aim of proclamation of the Protected bird Area of Paris Marshes (next only protected bird area) is to preserve the habitat of the birds of the European importance – the Little Crake (Porzana parva), the Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon), the Garganey ( Glossary Link Anas querquedula), the wintering population of the Greylag Goose (Anser anser) and securing their survival and reproduction. The territory is a regular nesting place for more than 1% of national population of the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), the Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) and the Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus). This territory is one of three most important nesting places of the Little crake and the Moustached Warbler in Slovakia.

The Little Crake, the Moustached Warbler, the Garganey and the Greylag Goose are the criteria species given for the protected bird area.

The protected bird area is located in the Territory of Nové Zámky County, in the cadastral area of villages of Gbelce, Svodín, Nová Vieska and Strekov.

European Bee-eater

Area - Important species of birds

foto: Petr Tomáš

Merops apiaster

Nests throughout the whole territory of southern Slovakia
Number of nesting pairs: 700 – 1300
Nets near the Paris Marshes
Nests in perpendicular sandstone, loess and silt walls
Hunts different insects, mostly dragonflies

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Moustached Warbler

Area - Important species of birds

foto: Stanislav Harvančík

Acrocephalus melanopogon

Food: aquatic insect, its larva and mosquitoes
Nests twice a year
Lays 3 – 6 eggs, which hatch within 13 – 15 days
Extremely rare nest builder in Slovakia
Nesting places found only in this locality
Number of nesting pairs: 10 – 20

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Greylag Goose

Area - Important species of birds

foto: Jozef Lengyel

Anser anser

It is the ancestor of domestic geese
Life expectancy: 15 – 20 years
It is a likely nest builder
Noticed 1 – 2 pairs in nesting period
It sporadically appears in the locality in the end of winter and in spring

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Little Bittern

Area - Important species of birds

foto: Stanislav Harvančík

Ixobrychus minutus

Nests irregularly, up to 3 pairs
Builds nests in reed, once a year lays 5-7 eggs which hatch within 17-19 days
Young leave nests within 25-30 days
Lives in bushy reed, marshes, banks of water with hidden lives
Eats frogs, fishes, arthropods

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Western Marsh Harrier

Area - Important species of birds

foto: Jozef Lengyel

Circus aeruginosus

Typical bird of prey, builds nests in reed
Lays 4-5eggs which hatch within 31-32 days
Eats: rodents, fish, water birds
Builds nests regularly
Approximately 15-25 pairs nest in NNR

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Garganey

Area - Important species of birds

Foto: Jozef Lengyel

Glossary Link Anas Querquedula

• Nests on a ground
• Lays 8 – 11 eggs, hatch within 21 – 23 days
• Nestlings are self-sufficient within 6 weeks
• It is the smallest European duck
• Protected during the whole year in Slovakia
• Number of nesting pairs: 1 – 5
• Regular nest builder and migrant species

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Little Crake

Area - Important species of birds

foto: Martin Šabík

Porzana parva

The bottom part of a male bird is blue-greyish; his upper part is brown with black-brownish stripes.
The bottom part of females and young birds is beige.
Food: small invertebrates and green parts of plants.
Nesting place: deeper water
Nests regularly every year
Number of nesting pairs: 15 – 25

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