4 species that were not recorded as breeding in the past 30 years were found to nest successfully at Pomorie Lake. These include 35 pairs of Gull-billed terns /Sterna nilotica/, 22 pairs of Mediterranean gulls /Larus melanocephalus/, 20 pairs of Collared pratincoles /Glareola pratincola/ and 3 pairs of Slender-billed gulls /Larus genei/. Along these the breeding season was successful for species traditionally breeding at the site. This year the number of nesting pairs are as follows: more than 2500 pairs of Sandwich tern /Sterna sandvicensis/, 125 pairs of Avocet /Recurvirostra avosetta/, 118 pairs of Common tern /Sterna hirundo/ and more than 20 pairs of Little tern /Sterna albifrons/.
All these good results come to prove that the efforts of Green Balkans volunteers participating in the conservation holidays throughout past 19 years were not in vain and have contributed significantly for conservation of the rare birds at the site turning it into a safe haven not only in Bulgaria but in the whole Black sea region.
We would like to express our gratitude to all those who have participated in the society’s long term conservation program for Pomorie Lake.
Improvement of nesting conditions for water birds at Pomorie Lake was made thanks to the project LIFE10 NAT/IT/256 MC-SALT “Environmental Management and Conservation in Mediterranean Saltworks and Coastal Lagoons” project, co-funded by the financial instrument LIFE+ of the EC.
