Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A coastal lake at the end of the Casimcea valley with a steep limestone shoreline, except on the eastern side where it is separated from the sea by a sandbank. The lake reaches a depth of 5.6 m and has two islands. Sparse reedbeds (
Phragmites) are found in the north-west of the lake.
This is an important site for passage and wintering waterbirds.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threats are from intensive agricultural practices in the lake surrounds, and disturbance, particularly along the eastern shore, from sheep-grazing, fishing, a factory and quarry. Air pollution from the Navodari oil refinery is an occasional problem.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Taşaul (Romania). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-taşaul-iba-romania on 23/11/2024.
