Like pearls on a necklace, several natural wetlands adorn the lower stream of the Danube, ending with the fabulous Srebarna Lake ("The Silver Lake"). It is the only Bulgarian nesting site for a colony of Dalmatian Pelicans and a home of more than 260 other bird species, about 100 of which breed there! In Srebarna and in some of the smaller Danubian wetlands one can see the Pygmy Cormorant, all the European herons, bitterns and egrets, the Ferruginous Duck, the White-tailed Eagle, the Spoonbill and the Glossy Ibis, the Whiskered, Black and White-winged Black Terns and many other amazing birds. During migration and in winter the birds of Srebarna may reward you with spectacular views of thousands of White-fronted and Greylag Geese, other waterfowl and passerines. |
