Avcıkoru Nature Park Explained

Avcıkoru Nature Park
Alt Name:	Avcıkoru Tabiat Parkı
Map:	Istanbul
Label:	Avcıkoru NP
Label Position:	right
Location:	Şile, Istanbul Province, Turkey
Coords:	41.1006°N 29.4008°W
Area:	648.72ha
Established:	2011
Governing Body:	Directorate-General of Nature Protection and National Parks Ministry of Environment and Forest

Avcıkoru Nature Park (tr|Avcıkoru Tabiat Parkı) is a nature park located in Şile district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.

Avcıkoru Nature Park is situated north of Ömerli Dam on the highway D.020. The area was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forest in 2011. It covers an area of about 648.72ha. The protected area is named after the village close to it. In the northwest of the nature park, there is an artificial pond formed by flooding of a mine pit.

Avcıkoru Nature Park offers outdoor recreational activities on daily basis such as hiking and picnicing. It features an outdoor cafeteria and cottages for lodging.

Ecosystem

FloraThe vegetation of the nature park are mostly wide-leaved trees. Some plants are pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), sessile oak (Quercus petraea), sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), oriental beech (Fagus orientalis) and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).

FaunaAnimals observed in the park area are the mammals roe deer, wild boar, squirrel, jackal, fox, marten and the bird species goldfinch, serinus, magpie, passer, common blackbird, hawk and common buzzard.