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Limni Stymfalia

Limni Stymfalia (GR2530002) is a Site of Community Importance and Special Protection Area (SCI and SPA) in the Natura 2000 network, 1,283 hectares (13 km²). It lies in the municipality of Sikyona (regional unit Corinthia, Peloponnese). According to the European Environment Agency's database (2024 release) it protects 4 habitat types of Annex I and 53 species (birds 46, reptiles 6, fish 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
3150Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation73–
6420Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion61–
92A0Salix alba and Populus alba galleries24–
8210Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation1–

Birds (46)

Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum), Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Coot (Fulica atra), Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia), Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus), Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Leiopicus medius), Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana), Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), Pochard (Aythya ferina), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), Redshank (Tringa totanus), Ruff (Calidris pugnax), Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Shoveler (Spatula clypeata), Skylark (Alauda arvensis), Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis), Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Swift (Apus apus), Teal (Anas crecca), Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula), Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur), Wigeon (Mareca penelope), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Woodlark (Lullula arborea), Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

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), Marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata)

Fish (1)

Dáska (Pelasgus stymphalicus)

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
GR2530002Site of Community Importance and Special Protection Area (SCI and SPA)1,283 haAug. 1996LIMNI STYMFALIA

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: within 3 km outside the boundary

Sights: inside the boundary (2)

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 .