Opatovačka Ada

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Opatovačka Ada (also Croatian: Opatovački riječni otok) is a long narrow Danube river island situated close to the village of Opatovac in eastern Croatia. It covers an area of 100,80 ha and stretches on the southern bank of the river (45°16′40″N 19°10′16″W). Together with other "Vukovar Danube adas" (Sotinska Ada, Šarengradska ada, Vukovarska ada, Daka etc), Opatovačka Ada belongs to a protected area under the category of ’’Special reserve’’, which was declared on 2 April 1989. It is protected due to rare tree species like white willow, black and white poplar forests, as well as hybridous Canadian poplar specimens, which occupy small areas. Along the Danube coast there are beaches partly shaded by trees. The forest stands are covered in the layer of shrubs and in the layer of ground vegetation with bindweed and blackberry. The island is the habitat of some of the strictly protected bird species, such as the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and the black stork (Ciconia nigra). Other fauna species, which are most often found in transit, include red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and birds: white stork (Ciconia ciconia), Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), mallard (Anas platyrhnchos), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), little egret (Egretta garzetta) and black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus). T

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