Protected Areas - Lakes Pângăraţi And Vaduri Bicaz

For several years ago, migratory birds that we usually see in Danube Delta and in the lakeside area of Souther Europe, have been settling on Bistriţa lakes, downstream Izvorul Muntelui Lake (Mountain Spring Lake), especially on Pângăraţi and Vaduri lakes.

Being on an area where, some times, during winter times, impressive ice bridges were formed, across Bistriţa waters, on the two lakes there are today gatherring many species of wild ducks, the Mallard or Wild Duck, the Northern Pintail, the Common Goldeneye, the Tufted Duck, the Common Pochard), the Whooper Swans, The Moor Hens, the Silver Common Terns, the Mute Swans, the Little Grebes. We can see rarely the Chatterers, the Ice Loons, the Egrets and the Smens.

Actually, Pângăraţi and Vaduri lakes have been assigned special protection avifaunistic areas, having, apart from the new habitat, very attractive lanscapes in winter and summer times.

It is always a delight for the natives, who are more accustomed to this graces’ picture and especially to the tourists stopping to admire and to take photos to the birds’ flocks.