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Vouna Evrou

Vouna Evrou (GR1110005 and GR1110002) is a Site of Community Importance and Special Protection Area (SCI and SPA) in the Natura 2000 network, 43,299 hectares (433 km²). It lies in the municipality of Soufli (regional unit Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace). According to the European Environment Agency's database (2024 release) it protects 9 habitat types of Annex I and 74 species (birds 56, mammals 2, reptiles 6, amphibians 2, fish 6, invertebrates 1, plants 1).

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What it protects

Source: the European Environment Agency's Natura 2000 database, 2024 release, as reported by the member state. Habitat types are shown with their Annex I code and the EEA's English name. Common names of species come from Wikidata where they exist, otherwise the scientific name is shown. Left out: 5 species that the EEA records as non-significant presence.

Annex I habitat types
CodeHabitat type (as the EEA gives it)Cover (ha)Priority
5210Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp.950–
6220Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea585Priority
9340Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests408–
9530(Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines121Priority
92A0Salix alba and Populus alba galleries60–
62A0Eastern sub-Mediterranean dry grasslands (Scorzoneratalia villosae)23–
91E0Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)18Priority
91M0Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak -sessile oak forests––
9540Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines––

Birds (56)

Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba), Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria), Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum), Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Coot (Fulica atra), Cormorant (continental subspecies) (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia), Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae), Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus), Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Hobby (Falco subbuteo), Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor), Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus), Merlin (Falco columbarius), Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Leiopicus medius), Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), Olive-tree Warbler (Hippolais olivetorum), Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus), Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus), Quail (Coturnix coturnix), Red Kite (Milvus milvus), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva), Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus), Sand Martin (Riparia riparia), Semi-collared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata), Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla), Skylark (Alauda arvensis), Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis), Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga), Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Swift (Apus apus), Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus), Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris), Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur), White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos), Woodlark (Lullula arborea), Wryneck (Jynx torquilla), Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

Mammals (2)

Barbastelle Bat (Barbastella barbastellus), Marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna)

Reptiles (6)

Balkan pond turtle (Mauremys rivulata), European pond terrapin (Emys orbicularis), European ratsnake (Zamenis situla), Four lined snake (Elaphe quatuorlineata), Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni), Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Amphibians (2)

Southern crested newt (Triturus karelinii), Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata)

Fish (6)

Asp (Aspius aspius), Barbus cyclolepis, Cobitis puncticulata, European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), Spiny loach (Cobitis taenia Complex), Twaite shad (Alosa fallax)

Invertebrates (1)

Lindenia tetraphylla

Plants (1)

Himantoglossum caprinum

Designation

It is protected both for the habitat types and species of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), as a Site of Community Importance, and for the bird species of the Birds Directive (2009/147/EC), as a Special Protection Area. The page covers both codes because the boundaries of the two sites almost coincide (at least 95% of each inside the other, or 80% with the same name).

Network codes
CodeTypeAreaDesignated (EEA)Name in the EEA register
GR1110005Site of Community Importance (SCI)43,299 haAug. 1996VOUNA EVROU- POTAMOS LYRAS- SPILAIA DIDYMOTEICHOU KAI KEFALOVOUNOU
GR1110002Special Protection Area (SPA)42,339 haFeb. 1998DASOS DADIAS - SOUFLI

Legal basis: Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and Birds Directive (2009/147/EC). The register name is the one the EEA publishes.

Places inside and beside the site

Settlements, official bathing-water sites and sights with a page of their own whose point lies inside the boundary or up to 3 km outside it. Inside: 1. Up to 12 per kind are shown, best known first.

Towns and villages: within 3 km outside the boundary

Sights: inside the boundary (1)

Sights: within 3 km outside the boundary

Works and permits in the site

Works and plans that could significantly affect a Natura 2000 site need an appropriate assessment of their effects under Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). In Greece this is the Special Ecological Assessment (Ειδική Οικολογική Αξιολόγηση, ΕΟΑ) under law 4014/2011. The Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (ΟΦΥΠΕΚΑ) is responsible for managing Natura 2000 sites, through the protected-area management bodies.

This page is not legal advice and does not say what is allowed on a particular property. Each site's rules are set in the official texts; for a property or a project, ask the competent authority. Natura 2000 at the European Commission.

How the numbers were counted

The boundary is the Ministry's (YPEN geoportal). The code, name, area, date of designation, habitat types and species are from the EEA's Natura 2000 database (2024 release, fetched 8 Oct 2026). Habitat cover is what the member state reports; where the EEA gives an "unknown" value (9999) or one larger than the site, it is not shown. The EEA gives the marine part only as yes or no, not as a share, and we do not use the "quality and importance" text of the data form. The EEA data is licensed CC BY 4.0 (copyright holder: the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment). The Greek and English names of sites and species, and the Wikipedia article titles, are Wikidata's (CC0).

Municipalities come from sample points inside the boundary: one is named when it holds at least 5% of the points that fall on land. For a purely marine site the nearest coastal municipality (within 60 km) is named. The settlements, beaches and sights are those that have a page on this site; municipal boundaries and island outlines are from OpenStreetMap.

Places nearby

Pages of this site, in a straight line and on the same side of the water, nearest first.

Nearest airport

See also

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the sources below, with the date each was updated.

Page updated .