List of EU bird protection areas in Upper Franconia

The list of EU bird protection areas in Upper Franconia shows the European bird protection areas ( English Special Protection Area , SPA ) in the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Franconia . They are part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas . They partially overlap with existing FFH , nature and landscape protection areas .

There are nine EU bird sanctuaries in Upper Franconia. (As of February 2016)

Surname	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares
Aischgrund	DE-6331-471 WDPA: 555537763		⊙	1,898.12
Rock and hillside forests in the northern Franconian Jura	DE-5933-471 WDPA: 555537717		⊙	5,267.41
Rock and hillside forests in Franconian Switzerland	DE-6233-471 WDPA: 555537751	Steep valleys along a widely branched, meandering river system in Franconian Switzerland, with rocks and old deciduous forests, small-scale changes of wood and hedges, poor grass.	⊙	6,929.61
Itz, Rodach and Baunachaue	DE-5831-471 WDPA: 555537705		⊙	3,718.86
Markwald near Baiersdorf	DE-6331-472 WDPA: 555521469		⊙	2,851.98
Upper Steigerwald	DE-6029-471 WDPA: 555537734		⊙	15,559.76
Regnitz Valley and Lower Wiesent Valley	DE-6332-471 WDPA: 555537765		⊙	1,633.89
Schneeberg area and Goldkronacher / Sophientaler forest	DE-5937-471 WDPA: 555537718		⊙	3,408.02
Valleys of the Upper Main, Lower Rodach and Steinach	DE-5931-471 WDPA: 555537716		⊙	3,216.89
Legend for bird sanctuary