The Malak Preslavets Marsh

The Marsh Malak Preslavets is declared to be a protected area. It is situated 4 km South from the village Malak Preslavets near the Danube river. It is used as a feeding base for herons, glossy ibises, spoonbills, cormorants and other birds nesting in the reserve Srebarna. Malak Preslavets is the main supplier of other water pools in the Dobrudzha region, bearing a huge aesthetic value for the region Dolen Danube as an unknown, exotic and extraordinary natural surroundings. Some of the less known to the mass public sights, that raise scientific as well as amateur interest, are - islands of water lilies and rare endangered species of birds. The Malak Preslavets Marsh is one of the last preserved damp zones along Danube's Bulgarian shore. The vast variety of bird species amounts to 147, 82 of which are nesting. Among them are the gray heron, little egret, night heron, which are protected species. Other types include Tufted Duck, great white heron, mute swan, whiskered tern, both types of water fowl - green footed and masked (Liska), city martin. (Image: http://ezero-mp.glavinitsa.bg/)