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 | CY4000018 |
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| SITENAME | EKBOLES POTAMON EZOUSAS, XEROU, KAI DIARIZOU |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
Back to top1.1 Type
1.2 Site code
1.3 Site name
| EKBOLES POTAMON EZOUSAS, XEROU, KAI DIARIZOU |
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: | 2007-10 |
| 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: | 32.477200 |
| Latitude: | 34.732800 |
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
| The site EKBOLES POTAMON EZOUSAS, XEROU, KAI DIARIZOU consists of two separate parts of the narrow Paphos coastal plain. The first part of the site includes the lower reaches and mouth of the Ezousa river and an area of flat agricultural land to the West of this. The village of Akhelia is just north of the site and Paphos airport to the South.The second part of the site is about 5 km to the East of the first and includes the lower reaches and mouths of the Xeros and Diarizos rivers and areas of flat agricultural land between these two rivers and to the East of the Diarizos river. The site includes the small pools below Asprokremnos dam which is just to the North of the site) that are fed by outflow from the reservoir. The new Limassol to Paphos highway cuts through the northern portion of this site, while the village of Kouklia lies just north of the site. The village of Mandria lies between the two parts of the site.The flat beds of these three rivers which flow only irregularly during the drier months of the year are dominated by reedy vegetation (including stands of Arundo donax and extensive areas dominated by Foeniculum vulgare and Tamarix spp) and phrygana with remnants of maquis. The rest of the two sites are dominated by relatively intensive farmland (citrus groves, cereals and market vegetables). |
4.2 Quality and importance
| The site EKBOLES POTAMON EZOUSAS, XEROU, KAI DIARIZOU is a very important migration site in Cyprus. It is particularly notable for attracting large concentrations of the Annex I raptor Falco vespertinus and also large concentrations of the non-Annex I migrant Merops apiaster. BirdLife International identified the whole of the Paphos plain area as an Important Bird Area (IBA) on the basis of the concentrations of these two migrants. It is estimated that between 1,100 and 2,000 F.vespertinus and between 15,000 and 25,000 M.apiaster pass through the Paphos plain each autumn (representing at least 1% of the European flyway for both species). Passage is not as heavy in the spring, but is still significant. Though the PEDIADA PAFOU EKVOLES POTAMON sites do not cover the entire Paphos plain IBA, it takes in the most important portions of the area (covering the more natural vegetation within the three river beds crossing the area, extensive areas of farmland adjacent to these and the pools below the Asprokremnos Dam, while leaving out more built-up areas such as those around Mandria village). In total, some 65 migratory species occur regularly at the sites (42 of these listed in Annex I). An additional two Annex I migrants occur more rarely at the site. The sites are also important for wintering migrant birds: 22 species occur regularly during winter months (10 of these are listed in Annex I). PEDIADA PAFOU EKVOLES POTAMON is particularly important for Annex I members of the heron family on migration: Nycticorac nycticorax, Ardeola ralloides, Egretta garzetta and Ardea purpurea. Farmland within the sites also regularly attracts Ciconia ciconia when the species makes its eruptive appearances in Cyprus. PEDIADA PAFOU EKVOLES POTAMON also attracts great numbers of chats (Saxicola rubetra and S.torquata) wheatears (Oenanthe hispanica, O.oenanthe and O. isabellina), larks (Alauda arvensis and Lullula arborea), wagtails (Motacilla flava and M. alba), pipits (Anthis pratensis, A.campestris, A.spinoletta and A. cervinus), warblers (Sylvia ruepelli, Phylloscopus trochilus and P.collybita), flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, F.albicollis and uscicapa striata) shrikes (Lanius collurio, L.nubicus and L.minor) and buntings (Emberiza hortulana, E.caesia and Milaria calandra) on migration or during the winter, or both.Five Annex I species, including both Cyprus endemics, breed regularly at this site: Oenanthe cypriaca, Sylvia melanothorax, Burhinus oedicnemus, Melanocorypha calandra and Phalacrocorax aristoteles desmarestii. PEDIADA PAFOU EKVOLES POTAMON represents one of the best areas for breeding M.calandra and B.oedicnemus in southern Cyprus. The sites are also strongholds for breeding Francolinus francolinus, a game bird whose distribution within the EU is limited to Cyprus. |
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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| H | A01 | | i |
| M | A02 | | i |
| H | A04 | | i |
| H | A04.01.04 | | b |
| H | A07 | | i |
| H | A08 | | i |
| M | A09 | | i |
| M | D01.02 | | b |
| H | D05 | | i |
| H | E01.02 | | i |
| H | G01.03 | | b |
| H | J01.01 | | b |
| M | J02.02 | | i |
| M | J02.05 | | b |
| Positive Impacts |
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| Rank | Activities, management [code] | Pollution (optional) [code] | inside/outside [i|o|b] |
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| H | A01 | | i |
| M | A04 | | i |
| M | A09 | | i |
| M | J02.02 | | i |
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.Hellicar, M. 2004, Poulia kai georgia stin Kipro, Ptinologikos Sindesmos Kiprou. 24 pp. (Birds and Agriculture in Cyprus. Birdlife Cyprus publication).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 |
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 |
5.3 Site designation (optional)
No information provided
6. SITE MANAGEMENT
Back to top6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:
| Organisation: | Game and Fauna Services |
| Address: | |
| Email: | wildlife.thira@cytanet.com.cy |
| Organisation: | Department of Environment |
| Address: | |
| Email: | director@environment.moa.gov.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
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| Map delivered as PDF in electronic format (optional) |
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