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Site of Community Importance and Special Protection Area (SCI and SPA)Λίμνη Ιωαννίνων

Limni Ioanninon

Limni Ioanninon (GR2130005) is a Site of Community Importance and Special Protection Area (SCI and SPA) in the Natura 2000 network, 2,616 hectares (26 km²). It lies in the municipality of Ioannina (regional unit Ioannina, Epirus). According to the European Environment Agency's database (2024 release) it protects 4 habitat types of Annex I and 43 species (birds 31, mammals 2, reptiles 2, fish 5, invertebrates 3).

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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.

Annex I habitat types
CodeHabitat type (as the EEA gives it)Cover (ha)Priority
3150Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation81–
9540Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines23–
92A0Salix alba and Populus alba galleries9–
5210Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp.2–

Birds (31)

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum), Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Coot (Fulica atra), Cormorant (continental subspecies) (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis), Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Pintail (Anas acuta), Pochard (Aythya ferina), Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Ruff (Calidris pugnax), Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Shoveler (Spatula clypeata), Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis), Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Swift (Apus apus), Teal (Anas crecca), Wigeon (Mareca penelope), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Mammals (2)

Brown bear (Ursus arctos), Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra)

Reptiles (2)

European pond terrapin (Emys orbicularis), Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni)

Fish (5)

Cobitis hellenica, Dáska (Pelasgus stymphalicus), Economidichthys pygmaeus, Pelasgus epiroticus, Telestes pleurobipunctatus

Invertebrates (3)

Coenagrion ornatum, Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria), Lindenia tetraphylla

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.

Network codes
CodeTypeAreaDesignated (EEA)Name in the EEA register
GR2130005Site of Community Importance and Special Protection Area (SCI and SPA)2,616 haMarch 2002LIMNI IOANNINON

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. Up to 12 per kind are shown, best known first.

Towns and villages: within 3 km outside the boundary

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

Nearest ferry port

See also

Sources

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

Page updated .