Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A 12-m-high, vertical loess cliff, located on a major regional road south-west of the town of Tutrakan. The surrounding open lands are covered by steppe-like vegetation of grasslands with some scrub (
Crataegus,
Rosa,
Rubus) and forests of
Robinia. Human activities include stock-grazing and loess excavation.
The site holds the largest nesting colony of
Merops apiaster in Bulgaria.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
There are no serious threats to this site. Children sometimes disturb the birds and destroy nests.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stenata (Bulgaria). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stenata-iba-bulgaria on 25/12/2024.
