Danube Delta, Romania

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Danube Delta is UNESCO mab biosphere reserve, the second largest delta in Europe.
Danube Delta is the 3rd in ecological significance among the 300 reserves of the world.
It has the richest ornithological fauna in the world (over 300 species).
Danube Delta is among the fewest places in the world which shelter mammals like Mustella lutreola and the otter (Lutra lutra).

 

Mammals in the Danube Delta live in the higher areas that cannot be reached by waters: Otters, minks, muskrats, foxes, wild bears, wolves.
Other animals: tortoises, adders and colonies of snakes, especially on the islands of Lake Razim.
Birds: golden eagles, black-winged eagles, shelldrakes, pelicans, reed nightingales, buntings, sea swallows, seagulls, fishing eagles, sea eagles, small cormorants, singing swans, egrets.
 
South of Babina, at about 10 km distance, there is the lake Rosca which harbours geese, egrets, storks and Europe's largest pelican colony.
Bisericuta, an island on lake Razim, is located approximately 6,5 miles east of Unirea. Remains of settlements dating from the Bronze Age and Byzantine times can still be seen.
Caraorman ("the black forest") is a village situated on the sandbank near Crisan on Sulina Arm. Around it are sanddunes nearly 2 m high and the oak tree forest with tropical aspect, having wildlife such as boars owls, eagles, falcons, wildcats and wolves.