Köyceğiz – Dalyan Special Environmental Protection Area

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City: Muğla

Area (ha): 461.46

Announcement Date: 05.07.1988

General features

Biodiversity

Flora: The most common vegetation in the Köyceğiz Special Environmental Protection Area consists of red pine and log forests, shrubs and bushes of maquis and frigana, as well as herbaceous plants growing in the wet and barren marshes around Köyceğiz Lake. Pine (Pinus Pinea) is also seen on the shore dune vegetation dominates.

Fauna: The Iztuzu beach area in the region is one of the most important breeding grounds for sea turtles (Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas) and softshell turtle (Trionyx triunguis) in the Mediterranean. In addition, the region is the breeding and living area of ​​the otter species (Lutra lutra).

Caretta caretta, which use the Iztuzu beach as a breeding ground, are also under protection as they are under the threat of extinction. Lake surroundings, canals and forests have a rich potential as breeding and sheltering places for various animals.

Eurasian coot , stork, kingfisher, swallow, reed nightingale, laughing tern, snake eagle, bee-eater, seagull, paddyfish, little white heron and various other bird species use the region as wintering and hatching areas.