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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The wetland can be divided into brackish lagoons and freshwater marshes. Beyond these is a buffer zone of cultivated fields and maquis. The main human activities are fishing, livestock- and arable-farming, tourism and hunting.
This is an important site for wintering and passage waterbirds. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Pelecanus crispus (passage),
Aythya nyroca (10-20 passage individuals),
Falco naumanni (10-20 passage individuals),
Gallinago media (10-20 passage individuals).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threats are fishing, increasing salinity in the freshwater marsh as a result of ground and surface water abstraction for agriculture, infilling of the wetland and hunting. The area is a candidate SAC.
National High
International None600 ha of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Limni Divari-Valtos/Pylou-Romanou, 700 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Divari Pylou (Gialova) lagoon and Sfaktiria island (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/divari-pylou-(gialova)-lagoon-and-sfaktiria-island-iba-greece on 23/12/2024.
