Roşca-Buhaiova

Roşca-Buhaiova
Largest pelican colony in Europe
Coordinates: 45 ° 22 ′ 1 ″  N , 29 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E
Location:	Tulcea , Romania
Next city:	Tulcea
Surface:	96.25 km²
Founding:	1940

Roşca-Buhaiova is a protected area in nature and landscape protection of IUCN Category IV Biotope and Species Protection Area in the National Park Biosphere Reserve Danube Delta . It is located on the territory of the municipality of Chilia Veche , in the Tulcea district , in Romania .

description

The nature reserve Roşca-Buhaiova has been a nature reserve since 1940. It was designated a nature reserve of national importance by law number 5 of March 6, 2000 and court order number 2.151 of November 30, 2004 . As part of the National Park Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, it is part of the World Heritage of UNESCO .

The Roşca-Buhaiova reserve extends to the north of the Danube Delta, southeast of Chilia Veche , in the Tulcea district and includes the lake complex between the Letea and Chilia sandbanks. With an area of ​​96.25 km², the protected area is the second largest strictly protected zone in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve after the Sakhalin-Zătoane lake complex.

fauna

The nature reserve Roşca-Buhaiova serves mainly to protect and preserve the largest pelican colony ( Pelecanus onocrotalus ) in Europe, which is home to other rare bird species such as spoonbills ( Platalea leucorodia ), herons ( Egretta ) and cormorants ( Phalacrocorax carbo ).

The animal world is also represented by mammals such as otters ( Lutra lutra ), minks ( Mustela lutreola ), ermines ( Mustela erminea ), muskrats ( Ondatra zibethicus ), foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ), wild boars ( Sus scrofa ) and the raccoon dog ( Nyctereutes procyonoides ) , also called Enok , represented.

flora

From the plant world, sea roses ( Nymphaea ) and pond roses ( Nuphar ), frog bites ( Hydrocharis morsus-ranae ), water hazel ( Trapa natans ) and some carnivorous plants ( carnivores ) are at home here.

In addition to willows ( Salix ) and poplars ( Populus ), reeds ( Phragmites australis ), rushes ( Juncaceae ), but also calamus ( Acorus calamus ), marsh ferns ( Thelypteridaceae ) and buttercups ( Ranunculus repens ) grow here .

See also

• List of nature reserves in Romania
• List of nature reserves in Tulcea County
• Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

Web links

• Management plan of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve
• Rosca-Buhaiova
• Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. Strictly Protected Zones

Individual evidence

1. ^ Protected Areas of National Importance in Romania , Law No. 5 of March 6, 2000
2. ↑ Nature reserves in Romania ( Memento of September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 474 kB), court order No. 2.151 of November 30, 2004
3. ↑ Rosca-Buhaiova , Info Delta Dunării
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} DDBRA: Plan de management , management plan for the administration of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve