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Site of Community Importance and Special Protection Area (SCI and SPA)Όρος Λάκμος (Περιστέρι)

Oros Lakmos (Peristeri)

Oros Lakmos (Peristeri) (GR2130007) is a Site of Community Importance and Special Protection Area (SCI and SPA) in the Natura 2000 network, 20,345 hectares (203 km²). It lies in the municipalities of North Tzoumerka, Metsovo and Meteora (regional units Ioannina and Trikala, Epirus). According to the European Environment Agency's database (2024 release) it protects 9 habitat types of Annex I and 25 species (birds 18, mammals 2, reptiles 1, amphibians 1, fish 2, invertebrates 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.

Annex I habitat types
CodeHabitat type (as the EEA gives it)Cover (ha)Priority
4090Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse6,393–
5210Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp.3,863–
8210Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation3,669–
9270Hellenic beech forests with Abies borisii-regis1,820–
8140Eastern Mediterranean screes1,507–
9530(Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines195Priority
91M0Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak -sessile oak forests184–
6230Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in Continental Europe)99Priority
8310Caves not open to the public––

Birds (18)

Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba), Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea), Hobby (Falco subbuteo), Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Leiopicus medius), Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana), Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis), Scops Owl (Otus scops), Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris), Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), Woodlark (Lullula arborea)

Mammals (2)

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

Reptiles (1)

Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni)

Amphibians (1)

Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata)

Fish (2)

Barbus peloponnesius, Telestes pleurobipunctatus

Invertebrates (1)

Paracaloptenus caloptenoides

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
GR2130007Site of Community Importance and Special Protection Area (SCI and SPA)20,345 haApril 1997OROS LAKMOS (PERISTERI)

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

Towns and villages: inside the boundary (2)

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

See also

Sources

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

Page updated .