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GR061 Reservoirs of former Lake Karla
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Criteria: A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C3
Coordinates:
39o 32' N
22o 42' E
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Altitude: 40-60 m
Area: 1200 ha
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Site Description
A complex of seven shallow artificial lakes constructed at the bottom of the former Lake Karla.
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Habitats: Wetland (100%, Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation)
Land use: fisheries/aquaculture (50%), tourism/recreation, water management
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Protection status
National None International None
Birds
A site of great importance for migratory and overwintering waterbirds and foraging raptors. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Phalacrocorax pygmeus (wintering), Aquila clanga (wintering), Gallinago media (passage).
| Species | Season | Year | Min | Max | Acc | Criteria |
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| Anas crecca Eurasian Teal | winter | 1996 | - | 11000 | average | B1i, C3
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| Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Duck | passage | 1996 | 40 | - | average | A1, C1
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| Falco naumanni Lesser Kestrel | non-breeding | 1996 | Abundant | average | A1, C1
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| Casmerodius albus Great Egret | winter | 1996 | - | 220 | average | A4i, B1i, C2
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Conservation issues
Threats are from agricultural intensification around the IBA, water-level fluctuations, drainage, groundwater abstraction and surface water abstraction (`Other' threats). There is a plan to build a large reservoir. Part of the area is a candidate SAC.
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Threats:
agricultural intensification/expansion (high), aquaculture/fisheries (low), construction/impact of dyke/dam/barrage (medium), disturbance to birds (high), drainage (high), groundwater abstraction (high), other (unknown)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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