Donau-Auen National Park

Discerning

Only side arms with moving currents provide the preferred habitat of the rare kingfisher.

Donau-Auen National Park

Safe haven

The last remaining population of the European pond turtle, once common to the area, lives in the Danube wetlands.

Donau-Auen National Park

Enchanting

Broad expanses of reeds and floating water lilies are characteristic of Danube backwaters.

Donau-Auen National Park

Full of life

It is hard to believe the cornucopia of species thriving in the shelter of dead trees.

Donau-Auen National Park

Eurasian Beaver

Once thought extinct but now resettled in the area, the “master builders” of the Danube wetlands may now nibble on trees to their heart’s content.