NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM
For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and
for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)
| SITE | CY3000009 |
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| SITENAME | PERIOCHI AGIAS THEKLAS - LIOPETRI |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
Back to top1.1 Type
1.2 Site code
1.3 Site name
| PERIOCHI AGIAS THEKLAS - LIOPETRI |
1.4 First Compilation date
1.5 Update date
1.6 Respondent:
| Name/Organisation: | Costas HadjipanayiotouDirectorDepartment of Environment |
| Address: |
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| Email: | director@environment.moa.gov.cy |
1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates
| Date site classified as SPA: | 2008-04 |
| National legal reference of SPA designation |
No information provided
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2. SITE LOCATION
Back to top2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:
| Longitude: | 33.929200 |
| Latitude: | 34.977800 |
2.2 Area [ha]
2.3 Marine area [%]
2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):
2.5 Administrative region code and name
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NUTS level 2 code
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Region Name
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| CY00 | Kypros / Kıbrıs |
2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)
3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Back to top3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them
No habitat types are reported for the site
3.2 Species referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site evaluation for them
- Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, I = Invertebrates, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
- S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
- NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
- Type: p = permanent, r = reproducing, c = concentration, w = wintering (for plant and non-migratory species use permanent)
- Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the Standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting (see reference portal)
- Abundance categories (Cat.): C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present - to fill if data are deficient (DD) or in addition to population size information
- Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation); VP = 'Very poor' (use this category only, if not even a rough estimation of the population size can be made, in this case the fields for population size can remain empty, but the field "Abundance categories" has to be filled in)
3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)
No information provided
4. SITE DESCRIPTION
Back to top4.1 General site character
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Habitat class
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% Cover
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Total Habitat Cover | 0 |
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Other Site Characteristics
| AGIA THEKLA LIOPETRI is a linear, ribbon-like site stretching along the coastal belt west of Ayia Napa town. It consists of a low-lying, mostly vegetation-free, rocky coastline, with isolated stretches of sandy beach to the east of the site and areas of open land with patches of phrygana vegetation (dominated by Sarcopoterium spinosum) behind the rocky coastal belt. Crithmum maritimum and Inula crithmoides are found growing along the rocky and sandy shore, while the S. spinosum dominated patchy phrygana vegetation behind the coastal strip includes Juniperus phoenicea, Pistacia lentiscus, Rhamnus oleoides, Atriplex halimus, Asparagus stipularis and Echium angustifolium. The land immediately north of the site has been developed with holiday homes and there is a well-used track running along most of the length of the site, immediately behind the coastal belt. To the east of the site lies the chapel of Agia Thekla. |
4.2 Quality and importance
| AGIA THEKLA LIOPETRI is among the three best migration staging points and wintering sites for Charadrius leschenaultii in Cyprus, which makes it an important migration staging site for the species in the EU as a whole. Turkey is the European breeding stronghold for this migratory species, with a breeding population of between 800 1,200 individuals, and a significant proportion of this population passes through Cyprus, with a few birds over-wintering. AGIA THEKLA LIOPETRI was classified as an IBA by Birdlife International in 2004 for regularly holding 1% of the European flyway of C. leschenaultii. The coastal site is also a good migration stop-over point or wintering area for 25 other migratory species (16 of them Annex I species). It is among the best migration stop-over sites in Cyprus for Charadrius hiaticula and Alcedo atthis (the latter is also common at the site during winter months). AGIA THEKLA LIOPETRI is one of the few sites in Cyprus beyond the species Kleides Islands breeding colony where Larus auduinnii is regularly observed. The site is also among the few areas in Cyprus where Cursorius cursor is regularly seen. It is also a breeding site for Charadrius alexandrinus. |
4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site
The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site
| Negative Impacts |
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| Rank | Threats and pressures [code] | Pollution (optional) [code] | inside/outside [i|o|b] |
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| M | A01 | | b |
| M | A07 | | b |
| M | A08 | | b |
| M | D01.01 | | i |
| H | D05 | | i |
| M | E01.01 | | o |
| H | E01.02 | | b |
| M | E02.03 | | b |
| H | G01.01 | | i |
| H | G01.02 | | i |
| H | G02 | | i |
| L | G05.01 | | i |
| M | H06.02 | | b |
| M | K03.04 | | i |
| M | K03.06 | | i |
| Positive Impacts |
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| Rank | Activities, management [code] | Pollution (optional) [code] | inside/outside [i|o|b] |
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Rank: H = high, M = medium, L = low
Pollution: N = Nitrogen input, P = Phosphor/Phosphate input, A = Acid input/acidification,
T = toxic inorganic chemicals, O = toxic organic chemicals, X = Mixed pollutions
i = inside, o = outside, b = both
4.4 Ownership (optional)
No information provided
4.5 Documentation (optional)
| Cyprus Ornithological Society (Ptinologikos Sindesmos Kiprou). Annual Reports, 1997 - 2007.David A. Bannerman & W. Mary Bannerman. Birds of Cyprus. 1958. Printed by Oliver and Boyd Ltd., Edinburgh., 385 pp.David J. Whaley and J. C. Dawes. 2003. Cyprus Breeding Birds Atlas. Cyprus., 40pp.Game Fund Service, unpublished data on ornithology and counts in Cyprus. 1999 2007.Game Fund Waterbird breeding survey 2007 & 2008. Birdlife Cyprus News, Nicosia, Cyprus.Kassinis N. 2007. Waterbird monitoring in Cyprus. 17th International Conference of the European Bird Census Council, Bird Numbers 2007 Monitoring for Conservation and Management, 17-22 April 2007, Chiavenna, Italy.Kourtellarides L. 1998. Breeding Birds of Cyprus with check-list of the birds of Cyprus. Bank of Cyprus Group and Cyprus Ornithological Society. Nicosia, Cyprus. p. 299.Panayides P. 2005. Sisxetismos kai ensomatosi ton simperasmaton tis diaskepsis pou egine sto Bergen-Op-Zoom (25 Xronia tis Odigias gia ta Agria Ptina (Odigia 79/409/EEC) me ton xorotaksiko sxediasmo tis ipaithrou. Tameio Thiras, Ipourgeio Esoterikon. 27pp. (Report for the adoption and integration of the Conclusions of the Bergen-Op-Zoom Meeting (25 Years of the Birds Directive 79/409/EEC) with Cyprus countryside planning, Game Fund - Ministry of the Interior).Panayides, P. 2005. Six aspects of land use and development activity that result in adverse effects to Cypriot wildlife resources. In Proceedings of the XXVth International Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists IUGB and the IXth International Symposium Perdix, Vol. II, November 2005, 182-196.Peter Flint & Peter Stewart. The Birds of Cyprus, British Ornithologists Union, (Second Edition), 1992. ISBN 090 744 61 40., 234 pp.Iezekiel S., Makris C., Antoniou A., (2004), Important Bird Areas of European Union Importance in Cyprus, published by BirdLife Cyprus, 2004.Zotos S. 2006. Simantikes Perioches gia ta poulia tis Kiprou. Ptinologikos Sindesmos Kiprou. 132 pp. (Important Bird Areas in Cyprus. Birdlife Cyprus publication).IACO Environmental and Water Consultants Ltd & Πτηνολογικός Σύνδεσμος Κύπρου (2016). Ετοιμασία Στόχων Διατήρησης & Διαχειριστικών Σχεδίων για τις Ζώνες Ειδικής Προστασίας (ΖΕΠ) που έχουν καθοριστεί στην Κύπρο σύμφωνα με την Οδηγία 2009/147/ΕΚ (Αρ. Διαγωνισμού 13.25.006.02.02). Υπηρεσία Θήρας & Πανίδας, Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών, 1453 Λευκωσία. |
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5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS
Back to top5.1 Designation types at national and regional level (optional):
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Code
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Cover [%]
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| CY05 | 100.00 |
| CY99 | 100.00 |
| CY02 | 15.00 |
5.2 Relation of the described site with other sites (optional):
Designated at national or regional level:
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Type code
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Site name
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Type
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Cover [%]
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| CY05 | | = | 100.00 |
| CY01 | | + | 15.00 |
| CY99 | | = | 100.00 |
5.3 Site designation (optional)
No information provided
6. SITE MANAGEMENT
Back to top6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:
| Organisation: | Department of Environment |
| Address: | |
| Email: | director@environment.moa.gov.cy |
| Organisation: | Game and Fauna Services |
| Address: | |
| Email: | wildlife.thira@cytanet.com.cy |
6.2 Management Plan(s):
An actual management plan does exist:
6.3 Conservation measures (optional)
No information provided
7. MAP OF THE SITE
Back to top| INSPIRE ID: | |
| Map delivered as PDF in electronic format (optional) |
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