Traveler's Guide

East Macedonia & Thrace

Patronka protected site

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It is one of the most picturesque and inaccessible portions of the valley of the Arda River, where the river bank is very steep and intensely rugged. Interspersed in a mosaic of oak woods there are open areas, rock complexes, single rocks and sprees.Some 77 bird species nest here, of which 24 are on Europe’s red list. The Patronka area holds about a dozen breeding pairs of the rare Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) which in Bulgaria only nests in the Eastern Rhodopes. Egyptian Vulture, Black Stork, Chukar, Rock Nuthatch, Barred Warbler and Ortolan Bunting are among the appealing birds to attract the birdwatchers interest.The rocks are covered with the rare Haberlea rhodopensis and on the open places you can see the orchid Hymantoglossum carpinum, the regional endemic Carduus thracicus and the rare Fritillaria pontica. Thriving populations of the Spur-thighed and Hermann’s Tortoises also occur here. Surface: 180 ha


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