Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Two small river valleys and surrounding hills dominated by scrub and pastures. Human activities include livestock-farming, hunting and mining.
The area is important for breeding raptors and passerines characteristic of mixed pasture and forest.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Threats come from a cement factory in the Apsalos valley and plans to regulate the Moglenista river. The area is a candidate SAC.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Apsalos and Moglenitsa gorges (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/apsalos-and-moglenitsa-gorges-iba-greece on 23/11/2024.
