Site description (2000 baseline)
The site contains one of the few freshwater lakes in Crete, as well as coastal marshes, a brackish lake, sand-dunes, cliffs and a marine zone.
Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding, migrant and wintering waterbirds and passerines. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Phalacrocorax pygmeus (wintering), Aythya nyroca (wintering), Aquila clanga (passage), Gallinago media (passage, wintering), Larus audouinii (wintering).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Kourna, Almyros delta and Georgioupolis coast, Crete (Greece). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-kourna-almyros-delta-and-georgioupolis-coast-crete-iba-greece on 06/12/2024.