The Danube Delta Journal
Fishes of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea
The fish of the river, the lakes and the sea, starting with the Danube shad that comes up the river every spring.
Species notes
Fishes of the Danube Delta
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Pontic Shad (Alosa immaculata): the Great Migrant of the Danube
Every spring the Pontic shad swims from the Black Sea up the Danube to spawn: its migration, size, status and interesting facts.
More wildlife
The rest of the fauna
Species from our checklist: where and when to see them in the Danube Delta and Dobrogea.
Golden jackals, sousliks, horses and the other mammals you may meet.
Pond turtles and tortoises, green lizards and meadow vipers, and the frogs that fill the spring nights.
From the mass emergence of the long tailed mayfly to the small life of the reeds.
The fish of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea, and the people who live from them.
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