| Reference number: | PP924 |
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| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Town: | Silistra |
| Type: | Detached property bargain |
| Living Area: | 60m² |
| Land: | 1,000m² |
| Price: | €30,000 (£24,738.19) |
The reserve of Srebarna, one of Bulgaria's most important wetlands, is situated close to the Danube about 16km to the west of the town of Silistra on Route 23. The marshy lake is a 600ha area of freshwater surrounded by reeds and willow scrub. It is separated from the Danube by a narrow belt of riparian woodland and farmland. The reserve also includes the island of Komluka in the nearby Danube. The Srebarna Biosphere Reserve has the highest international nature protection status: it is included in the UNESCO List for Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1983), it is recognized also as a Ramsar Site under the Ramsar Convention for Protection of Wetlands (1975), it is a part of the World-Wide Network for Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO (1977), and it is an Important Bird Area (IBA) according to the Birdlife International Programme. Srebarna was declared as a Protected Site in 1942. It is a Nature Reserve since 1948. All the nominations counted above come from the great biological diversity of the Reserve inhabitants: approx. 3000 plant and animal species. Several globally threatened animals reside the lake, i.e. three nesting bird species - the Dalmatian pelican, the pygmy cormorant, and the ferruginous duck, two wintering birds - the red-breasted goose and the lesser white-fronted goose, one mammal - the otter, and one invertebrate - the medicine leech.