Rezervat Pod gredom
Rezervat Pod gredom
Ornitološki rezervat Pod Gredom nalazi se istočno od rijeke Matice i sjeverno od rijeke Norin, uz nenaseljeni zaseok Pod Gredom koji se nalazi u podnožju danas nenaseljenih sela Ograđe i Dragovija te Vreštica. Rezervat obuhvaća ostatak močvarnog područja delte Neretve površine oko 560 hektara te jedan od rijetkih sačuvanih mediteranskih tršćaka. Status Posebnog ornitološkog rezervata ima već od 1965. godine, a 1993. uvršten je u Ramsarski popis močvara od međunarodnog značaja te je dio europske mreže zaštićenih područja Natura 2000. Glavna mu je osobina gusta močvarna vegetacija koju čine tršćaci te druga močvarna flora pa je tako idealno područje za gnjezdište i zimovalište raznih vrsta ptica među kojima su najznačajnije populacije bukavca (Botaurus stellaris), čapljice voljka (Ixobrychus minutus), eje močvarice (Circus aeruginosus) i patke njorke (Aythya nyroca). Zanimljivo je da je ovo jedno od neretvanskih gnjezdišta koje je jedino primorsko gnjezdište brkate sjenice (Panurus biarmicus), a važno je i za populacije kokošica (Rallus aquaticus), štijoka (Porzana sp.), trstenjaka (Acrocephalus sp.) i drugih vrsta.
‘Pod Gredom’ Reserve
Ornithological reserve Pod Gredom is to the East of the Matica river and to the North of the Norin river, along with the uninhabited hamlet Pod Gredom, situated at the foothills of the today uninhabited villages Ograđe, Dragovija and Vreštica. The reserve encompasses the rest of the wetland of the Neretva delta of a surface of approximately 560 hectares and is one of the rare preserved Mediterranean reed beds. It has had the status of a Special Ornithological Reserve since 1965 and in 1993 it was included in the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance and is a part of the European Natura 2000 protected areas network. Its main feature is the thick marshland vegetation comprised of reed beds and other wetland flora so that it is ideal for nesting and wintering of different bird species among which the most significant are the populations of the great bittern (Botaurus stellaris), common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) and ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca). It is interesting that this is one of the Neretva nesting grounds that is the only coastal nesting of bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus); it is also important for the populations of the water rail (Rallus aquaticus), spotted crake (Porzana sp.), warblers (Acrocephalus sp.) and other species.