Basic data

Start: June 2016

Ende: June 2016

Boars, lynxes, Eurasian badgers, wild cats, red foxes, brown bears and wolves can be found in the Osogovo Mountains. Many of the animals who are living in the mountains are protected, including many rare species of birds such as the long-eared owl, barn swallow, tree pipits, goldcrests and others.

The "green strap of Europe" consists of beech forests, in which also european black pines and firs occur. In the species-rich cultivated landscapes, but also in the wild mountain and river landscapes, one finds rare plant species such as the globeflower, the dark columbine, the small orchid and the endangered Lilium jankae, which occurs only in the Balkans. In addition, there grow a number of healing plants, such as amber, various thyme, chamomile, bistort and many more.