More than 3,000 pairs of pelicans breed annually in the Danube Delta (estimate: Romania Tourism). Along with the cormorants, swans, and ducks, they make up the largest contingent of the 176 species that breed in the area

Summer swans and big cormorants migrate to the Delta every summer from Asia, and the common and curly pelicans start their journey from Africa

Visiting a cormorant or pelican-breeding colony is an awesome experience. Cormorants, spoon-bills, egrets, and herons share the colony ensuring that every vantage branch on the trees hosts a nest
Strictly protected colonies give the visitor a magical insight into the amazing world of nature

In the reed beds below, ducks and swans rear their young in nests camouflaged in the thick foliage

An abundant food supply is provided in the surrounding waters of the Delta, where birds consume thousands of tonnes of fish every year