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A shallow hyperhaline lake situated on the north-west part of the town of Burgas, which has been utilized for salt production since 1906. The wetland with the associated surrounding fresh water canal and marshes, reedbeds, salt pans and settling pools is very rich in birds all year round. For its highly recognized significance for the biodiversity the northern part of the lake was declared a nature reserve and its southern part a buffer zone. The area has also been a Ramsar site since 1984. During the breeding season it is of special importance for many breeding warblers (like Savi’s and Cetti’s Warblers) and waders such as Avocet, Collared Pratincole, Black-winged Stilt, Kentish Plover and also Sandwich and Little Terns. Atanasovsko Lake lies on Via Pontica migratory route and this is the reason why the species variety (with more than 300 species recorded so far) and astonishing numbers of birds attract birdwatchers, photographers and scientists from all over the world especially during migration.
This is the time when over the territory of the lake (being also a typical bottle-neck site of international significance) use to pass the most numerous flocks of storks and birds of prey. Thousands of White and Black Storks, White Pelicans, Honey Buzzards, Common Buzzards and Lesser Spotted Eagles could be observed per one day only! And among their huge flocks squeeze themselves other species like Levant Sparrowhawks, Marsh and Montagu’e Harriers, Booted Eagles, Short-toed Eagles, Red-footed Falcons, Hobbies, Black Kites and even vultures. Rare passerines as Aquatic, Moustached and Paddifield Warblers also occur in migration along with Slender-billed Gulls, Mediterranean Gulls, Gull-billed Terns, Marsh Sandpipers, stints etc. During winter months the territory of the lake is used primarily for feeding and resting of Dalmatian Pelicans, Pygmy Cormorants, Great Egrets, great variety of dabbling and diving ducks and small quantities of geese (Red-breasted, White-fronted and Lesser White-fronted Geese), White-tailed Eagles etc. And last, but not least, Atanasovsko Lake holds the record of the place with most numerous sightings of Slender-billed Curlew in Bulgaria – one of the most endangered species in the world, thought to be almost decreased to extinction during the last years!
 
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