Lake Kerkini - Important Areas for the Birds of Greece

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GR020 Lake Kerkini

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Criteria: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6
Coordinates: 41^o 12' N 23^o 9' E (See map)

Altitude: 32-50 m
Area: 12000 ha

Site Description
Kerkini is a freshwater reservoir with reedbeds ( Phragmites ), some wet forest, and arable land.


	Habitats: Artificial landscapes (5%, Arable land), Forest (15%, Alluvial and very wet forest), Wetland (80%, Rivers and streams; Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation) Land use: agriculture (5%), fisheries/aquaculture (80%), forestry (10%), tourism/recreation, water management (80%)

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Protection status
National None International High
10,996 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Kerkini reservoir, 10,996 ha).
28200 ha of the IBA are covered by Special Protection Area (SPA) TECHNITI LIMNI KERKINIS - OROS KROUSIA(GR1260008).

Birds
A very important area for breeding, passage and wintering waterbirds and raptors and breeding and migratory passerines. The site is valuable as a foraging area for raptors nesting elsewhere. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (non-breeding, 2- 4 wintering individuals), Aquila heliaca (1- 3 wintering individuals), Falco naumanni (passage), Gallinago media (wintering).

Species	Season	Year	Min	Max	Acc	Criteria
Oxyura leucocephala White-headed Duck	winter	1993	3	100	unknown	A1, C1
Anser erythropus Lesser White-fronted Goose	passage	1996	12	110	unknown	A1, C1
Anser anser Greylag Goose	winter	1996	85	550	unknown	B1i, C3
Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck	winter	1996	130	1200	unknown	B1i, C3
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard	winter	1995	22000	-	unknown	B1i, C3
Anas crecca Eurasian Teal	winter	1995	31500	-	unknown	A4i, B1i, C3
Aythya ferina Common Pochard	winter	1995	15000	-	unknown	A4i, B1i, C3
Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Duck	resident	1995	Frequent		unknown	C6
Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet	passage	0	-	1200	unknown	A4i, B1i, C2
Chlidonias hybridus Whiskered Tern	breeding	1993	250	-	unknown	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Chlidonias niger Black Tern	breeding	1993	50	-	unknown	C2
Accipiter brevipes Levant Sparrowhawk	breeding	0	-	10	unknown	B2
Aquila clanga Greater Spotted Eagle	winter	1996	8	13	unknown	A1, C1
Phalacrocorax pygmeus Pygmy Cormorant	resident	1991	430	-	unknown	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Phalacrocorax pygmeus Pygmy Cormorant	winter	1991	500	-	unknown	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant	resident	1993	1125	-	unknown	B1i, C3
Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant	winter	1993	2500	-	unknown	B1i, C3
Egretta garzetta Little Egret	breeding	1996	445	640	unknown	A4i, B1i, C2
Casmerodius albus Great Egret	winter	1996	70	360	unknown	A4i, B1i, C2
Ardeola ralloides Squacco Heron	breeding	1996	170	260	unknown	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-heron	breeding	1996	530	900	unknown	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis	passage	1996	120	600	unknown	A4i, B1i, C2
Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Spoonbill	resident	1996	55	120	unknown	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Pelecanus onocrotalus Great White Pelican	passage	1996	-	900	unknown	A4i, B1i, C2
Pelecanus crispus Dalmatian Pelican	winter	1996	-	450	unknown	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pelecanus crispus Dalmatian Pelican	passage	1996	-	1200	unknown	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Ciconia ciconia White Stork	breeding	1996	110	150	unknown	B2, C6

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Conservation issues
The major threat is alteration of the dyke system to raise water-levels. Illegal land-reclamation, road construction, rubbish tipping (`Other' threats) and fishing are also threats. Part of the area is a candidate SAC.


	Threats: agricultural intensification/expansion (medium), aquaculture/fisheries (medium), construction/impact of dyke/dam/barrage (high), deforestation (commercial) (unknown), disturbance to birds (low), filling-in of wetlands (medium), industrialization/urbanization (unknown), infrastructure (medium), other (medium), selective logging/cutting (unknown), unsustainable exploitation (medium)

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