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Special Protection Area (SPA)

Delta Acheloou, Limnothalassa Mesolongiou - Aitolikou Kai Ekvoles Evinou, Nisoi Echinades, Nisos Petalas, Dytikos Arakynthos Kai Stena Kleisouras

Delta Acheloou, Limnothalassa Mesolongiou - Aitolikou Kai Ekvoles Evinou, Nisoi Echinades, Nisos Petalas, Dytikos Arakynthos Kai Stena Kleisouras (GR2310015) is a Special Protection Area (SPA) in the Natura 2000 network, 44,364 hectares (444 km²), with a marine part. It lies in the municipality of Mesolongi (regional unit Aetolia-Acarnania, Western Greece). According to the European Environment Agency's database (2024 release) it protects 129 species (birds).

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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.

The EEA records no habitat types for this site; it is protected for species.

Birds (129)

Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba), Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros), Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica), Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala), Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Blackbird (Turdus merula), Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum), Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Coot (Fulica atra), Cormorant (continental subspecies) (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia), Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna pallida), Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin), Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus), Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), Great Snipe (Gallinago media), Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus), Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea), Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Hobby (Falco subbuteo), Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina), Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor), Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca), Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus), Little Stint (Calidris minuta), Little Tern (Sternula albifrons), Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis), Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris), Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis), Merlin (Falco columbarius), Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Leiopicus medius), Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), Numenius arquata arquata, Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus), Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), Pintail (Anas acuta), Pochard (Aythya ferina), Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus), Quail (Coturnix coturnix), Red Kite (Milvus milvus), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva), Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator), Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica), Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus), Redshank (Tringa totanus), Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Ruff (Calidris pugnax), Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug), Sand Martin (Riparia riparia), Sanderling (Calidris alba), Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides), Scops Owl (Otus scops), Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla), Shoveler (Spatula clypeata), Skylark (Alauda arvensis), Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris), Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos), Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis), Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana), Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga), Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus), Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans), Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Swift (Apus apus), Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris), Teal (Anas crecca), Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii), Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis), Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula), Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur), Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta), Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra), White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), White-winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus), Whitethroat (Sylvia communis), Wigeon (Mareca penelope), Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix), Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator), Woodlark (Lullula arborea), Wryneck (Jynx torquilla), Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

Designation

It is protected as a Special Protection Area (SPA) for the bird species of Annex I of the Birds Directive (2009/147/EC) and for the migratory species that use it.

Network codes
CodeTypeAreaDesignated (EEA)Name in the EEA register
GR2310015Special Protection Area (SPA)44,364 haFeb. 1988DELTA ACHELOOU, LIMNOTHALASSA MESOLONGIOU - AITOLIKOU KAI EKVOLES EVINOU, NISOI ECHINADES, NISOS PETALAS, DYTIKOS ARAKYNTHOS KAI STENA KLEISOURAS

Legal basis: 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: 6. Up to 12 per kind are shown, best known first.

Towns and villages: within 3 km outside the boundary

Beaches: inside the boundary (2)

Beaches: within 3 km outside the boundary

Sights: inside the boundary (4)

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.

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