Wildlife | Central Balkan National Park and Biosphere Reserve

Wildlife in Central Balkan National Park: Brown bears and red deer, owls and partridges, snakes and lizards and many more.

Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) - Photo: Central Balkan National Park/Stoyan Hristov

European Badger (Meles meles) - Photo: Central Balkan National Park

European souslik (Spermophilus citellus ) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Tawny owl (Strix aluco) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Eggs/nest of the song thrush (Turdus philomelos) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Grey partridge (Perdix perdix) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Common European adder (Vipera berus) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Common European adder (melanin form) (Vipera berus) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Common frog (Rana temporaria) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Helix lucorum - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Balkan trout (Salmo trutta fario) - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Beetle from the Scarabaeidae familiy - photo: Central Balkan National Park

Photos: Central Balkan National Park Directorate/Stoyan Hristov