Is-Simar

Is-Simar
Simar Nature Reserve (middle) from the hill of Wardija
LocationXemxija, Malta
Coordinates35°56′44″N 14°22′56″E / 35.94556°N 14.38222°E / 35.94556; 14.38222
Area5 ha (12 acres)
Official nameIs-Simar
Designated29 January 1996
Reference no.789

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

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.