Botanical heaven

Visit one of the warmest places in Slovakia – a breath taking Devinska Kobyla mountain, known by its’ unique thermophilic plant and animal societies. This area is a mosaic of steppe, forest steppe, thermophilic forests and meadows and old limestone quarries and sandstone cliffs in proximity of Morava river bank dating back to Tertiary period. Steppe areas and abandoned quarries are home to many endemic plant and animal species. One may see beautiful orchid meadows, rare insect species, almost all of Slovakia’s snakes and lizards, thousands of butterflies and many other colourful flowering plants. This area houses astonishing 1505 species of plants, which is almost half of plant species known from Slovakia. 92 of these plants are protected by law. So far, 119 species of birds have been recorded in Devinska Kobyla, 84 of which nest here. And what’s more, under ideal weather conditions, you may see Vienna and even Alps from here. This locality is also famous thanks to many fossil remnants found here. So far, 350 different species of fossils have been found here (echinoderms, seals, monkeys, rhinos, shark teeth and many more).

According to year’s season, we may focus at:

• flowers and plant societies (March – June)
• bee-eaters (our most colourful bird) (May – June)
• general nature of the area (whole year)
• paleonthology (whole year)

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