Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Man-made cliffs of loess at the western end of the Zlatia plateau in north-western Bulgaria, surrounded by steppe-like habitats and scrub.
Ailanthus covers part of the loess walls. Ownership of the IBA may be communal but this is uncertain. Human activities include sheep-grazing and loess excavation in small quantities.
This is one of the most important nesting colonies of
Merops apiaster in the country.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
There are no serious threats to this site.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zlatiata (Bulgaria). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zlatiata-iba-bulgaria on 23/12/2024.
