Shabla wetlands, Dobrich Province, Bulgaria
Shabla is a small town and seaside resort in north east Bulgaria. It is situated on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast 50 miles from Varna (the third largest city in Bulgaria) to the south. Shabla itself is not located by the sea but it is close to the oldest active lighthouse on the Balkan peninsula at Cape Shabla. Cape Shabla is the most eastern point of Bulgaria.
Close to Shabla is an extensive white sand beach which was a popular destination for Eastern Bloc tourism until the fall of Communism. It is probably the only untouched area along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast and it has not experienced the construction boom and development of resorts that is seen further south.
About 2 miles from Shabla, there is a complex of 3 coastal brackish lagoons (Shabla, Ezerets and Tuzla) separated from the Black Sea by sand dunes. Shabla and Ezerets are connected by an artificial canal. The lagoons comprise open water, large reedbeds and salt marsh and they are surrounded by seasonally flooded pastures, sand dunes and agricultural land. The mix of habitats supports a wide range of breeding, migratory and wintering birds
The Shabla lagoon complex is an important wetland on the Via Pontica bird migration flyway and it is included within the Natura 2000 network of nature protection areas in Europe and also designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA) and Ramsar site.
Date: 19th March 2018
Location: Shabla wetlands, Dobrich Province, Bulgaria
Close to Shabla is an extensive white sand beach which was a popular destination for Eastern Bloc tourism until the fall of Communism. It is probably the only untouched area along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast and it has not experienced the construction boom and development of resorts that is seen further south.
About 2 miles from Shabla, there is a complex of 3 coastal brackish lagoons (Shabla, Ezerets and Tuzla) separated from the Black Sea by sand dunes. Shabla and Ezerets are connected by an artificial canal. The lagoons comprise open water, large reedbeds and salt marsh and they are surrounded by seasonally flooded pastures, sand dunes and agricultural land. The mix of habitats supports a wide range of breeding, migratory and wintering birds
The Shabla lagoon complex is an important wetland on the Via Pontica bird migration flyway and it is included within the Natura 2000 network of nature protection areas in Europe and also designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA) and Ramsar site.
Date: 19th March 2018
Location: Shabla wetlands, Dobrich Province, Bulgaria
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