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GR043 Alyki Kitros lagoon
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Criteria: A4i, B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C6
Coordinates:
40o 22' N
22o 38' E
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Altitude: 0-20 m
Area: 1500 ha
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Site Description
A coastal lagoon surrounded by dunes, saltpans, saltmarsh, holiday homes and residential areas.
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Habitats: Artificial landscapes (6%, Arable land), Sea/marine area (5%, Open Sea), Wetland (89%, Coastal lagoons; Salt marshes; Sand dunes and beaches; Standing brackish and salt water)
Land use: agriculture (35%), tourism/recreation (5%), urban/industrial/transport (41%), water management (20%)
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Protection status
National High International High
1,500 ha of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Alyki Kitrous, 1,784 ha).
27800 ha of the IBA are covered by Special Protection Area (SPA) DELTA AXIOU-LOUDIA-ALIAKMONA-ALYKI KITROUS(GR1220010).
Birds
The site is important for passage and wintering waterbirds. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Phalacrocorax pygmeus (1- 5 wintering individuals), Branta ruficollis (wintering), Oxyura leucocephala (wintering), Haliaeetus albicilla (wintering), Aquila clanga (wintering).
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| Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck | winter | 1996 | - | 1000 | unknown | B1i, C3
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| Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet | passage | 1989 | - | 1240 | good | A4i, B1i, C2
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| Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet | breeding | 1989 | 128 | - | good | B3, C6
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| Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet | winter | 1991 | 486 | - | good | B1i, B2, C2, C6
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| Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole | breeding | 1996 | 60 | - | unknown | B1i, B2, C2
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| Larus genei Slender-billed Gull | breeding | 1992 | 45 | - | unknown | C2
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| Sterna nilotica Gull-billed Tern | breeding | 1996 | - | 48 | unknown | B2, C6
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| Sterna albifrons Little Tern | breeding | 1996 | - | 60 | average | C6
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Conservation issues
The major threat is from housing development in the areas of dunes and saltmarsh. Larus melanocephalus no longer occurs as a breeding species as a result of disturbance. Part of the area is a candidate SAC.
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Threats:
industrialization/urbanization (high), recreation/tourism (unknown), unsustainable exploitation (unknown)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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