Lake Saka Nature Reserve Area
It covers an area of 1,345 ha (3,320 acres). The sits is on a floodplain of a river that flows into the Black Sea, and seasonally floods thus rendering it a unique and one of the very few remaining floodplain forests in all of Europe.
Flora
In addition to the main flora of alder (Alnus), elm (Ulmus) and ash (Fraxinus), trees such as oak (Quercus), hornbeam (Carpinus), beech (Fagaceae), black poplar (Populus nigra), white poplar (Populus alba), willow (Salix), linden (Tilia) and walnut (Juglans) are found in the nature reserve.
Fauna
The fauna of the protected area consists of the mammals: deer (Cervidae), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), fox (Canidae), gray wolf ((Canis lupus), hare (Lepus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the birds swan (Cygnus), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), greylag goose (Anser anser), woodcock (Scolopax) and common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus). The nature reserve is habitat for the reptiles such as viper (Viperidae), slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) and water snake. The lake is home to the fish species of carp (Cyprinidae), red seabream, bass (Perciformes) as well as to crustaceans like crayfish.
References
- ^ "Kırklareli Kültür ve Tabiat Varlığı - Saka Gölü Tabiatı Koruma Alanı" (in Turkish). Kırklareli Yerel Net. Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
- ^ "İlimizin Doğal Güzellikleri" (in Turkish). Kırklareli Özel İdaresi. Retrieved 2015-07-14.