Where Karst meets the sea
The Duino Cliffs Nature Reserve, with its 107 hectares (around 1 square km), is characterized by a high biodiversity. This is due the extension along a strip of territory that includes both the Mediterranean and the typical European climate. It is a suitable habitat for the nesting of sedentary birds such as the herring gull, the imperial raven and the peregrine falcon, included in the list of animals in danger of extinction, which has found refuge in the more inaccessible than the cliffs.
In autumn and spring, it is easy to observe various migratory or wintering species while the pine forest is home to finches, jays, woodpeckers, sparrowhawks and even some colonies of squirrels.
