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Oros Vardousia

Oros Vardousia (GR2450008) is a Special Protection Area (SPA) in the Natura 2000 network, 25,011 hectares (250 km²). It lies in the municipalities of Dorida and Delphi (regional unit Phocis, Central Greece). According to the European Environment Agency's database (2024 release) it protects 21 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. Left out: 6 species that the EEA records as non-significant presence.

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

Birds (21)

Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba), Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Leiopicus medius), Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana), Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus), Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Swift (Apus apus), Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris), Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus), Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur), White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos), Woodlark (Lullula arborea), 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
GR2450008Special Protection Area (SPA)25,011 haMarch 2010OROS VARDOUSIA

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

Sights: inside the boundary (1)

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 .