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Night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
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Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
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White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
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Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
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Swamp forest
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Fisherman in Crisan commune, Romania
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Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
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White pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
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White pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
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Sunken boat in Crisan commune, Romania
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Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
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Letea village, Romania
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Horse wagon trip in Letea village, Romania
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Guesthouse in the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
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Farm lady in Letea village, Romania
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Land abandonment results in Letea village, Romania
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Shop in Letea village, Romania
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Oaks (Quercus robur) in Letea forest, in a strictly protected nature reserve, Romania
![Primitive cattle breed, near relative to the aurochs, in Letea forest, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-05-31-072634-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Primitive cattle breed, near relative to the aurochs, in Letea forest, Romania
![Silk vine (Periploca graeca) in Letea forest, strictly protected nature reserve, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-05-31-074549_1-1280x1920.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Silk vine (Periploca graeca) in Letea forest, strictly protected nature reserve, Romania
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Wild horses from ancient race in Letea forest, Romania
![Poplars (Populus alba/nigra) in Letea forest, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-05-31-194435-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Poplars (Populus alba/nigra) in Letea forest, Romania
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Boat trip in the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
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Pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
![Pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae)](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-01-075804-1920x1279.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
![Cattle in the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-01-081645-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Cattle in the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
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Birdwatcher Cristian Mititelu in the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
![Cat among fishing gear in Crisan commune, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-05-29-180440_02-1280x1920.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Cat among fishing gear in Crisan commune, Romania
![Fish catch near Sfinthu Gheorghe - Pontic shad/Danube mackerel and Chinese grass carp](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-01-230159_01-1920x1278.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Fish catch near Sfinthu Gheorghe - Pontic shad/Danube mackerel and Chinese grass carp
![Fish soup serving at Mama Sika's guesthouse in Sfintu Gheorghe, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-01-142411-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Fish soup serving at Mama Sika's guesthouse in Sfintu Gheorghe, Romania
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Horse transport in Sfinthu Gheorghe, Romania
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Guesthouse hosts of Villa Maria in Sfinthu Gheorghe, Romania
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Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
![Aerial over Letea forest in the Danube Delta rewilding area in Romania.](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-03-055354-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Aerial over Letea forest in the Danube Delta rewilding area in Romania.
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Aerials over the Danube delta, Romania
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Aerials over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
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Aerials over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
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Aerials over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
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Aerials over the Letea forest, Romania
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Aerials over Letea village, Romania
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White pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
![Aerials over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-03-121817-1278x1920.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Aerials over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
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Aerials over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
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Wild horses
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Cormorant colonies (Phalacrocorax carbo)
![Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-01-140532-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
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Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
![European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-04-055826-cropped-1920x1279.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
![European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) at breeding site](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-04-062308-1280x1920.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) at breeding site
![Eurasian roller (Coriacias garrulus) in Danube Delta rewilding area, Romania.](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-04-133405-cropped-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Eurasian roller (Coriacias garrulus) in Danube Delta rewilding area, Romania.
![Beluga or European sturgeon (Huso huso), heavily fished for the female's valuable roe known as beluga caviar the beluga is a huge and late-maturing fish that can live for 118 years, but is critically endangered](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130612_033710_87bUS-1920x1282.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Beluga or European sturgeon (Huso huso), heavily fished for the female's valuable roe known as beluga caviar the beluga is a huge and late-maturing fish that can live for 118 years, but is critically endangered
![White pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) gathering in a small lake of the aquatic komplex Somova-Parches, close to Somova village, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130612_194327_20-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
White pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) gathering in a small lake of the aquatic komplex Somova-Parches, close to Somova village, Romania
![Romanian bees at the manmade beehives surrounded by linden trees next to the forest Valea Fagilor close to Macin Mountains National Park](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130613_054902_80-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Romanian bees at the manmade beehives surrounded by linden trees next to the forest Valea Fagilor close to Macin Mountains National Park
![Romanian bees at the manmade beehives surrounded by linden trees next to the forest Valea Fagilor close to Macin Mountains National Park](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130613_054958_90-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Romanian bees at the manmade beehives surrounded by linden trees next to the forest Valea Fagilor close to Macin Mountains National Park
![Honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130613_060638_22-1920x1282.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen
![Water chestnut (Trapa natans) is a floating annual aquatic plants, growing in slow-moving water up to five meters deep, have been cultivated in China and India for at least 3000 years for the edible seeds](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130615_060609_43-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Water chestnut (Trapa natans) is a floating annual aquatic plants, growing in slow-moving water up to five meters deep, have been cultivated in China and India for at least 3000 years for the edible seeds
![Grass snake (Natrix natrix), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, making its way on top of a carpet of water chestnut plants. It is a non-venomous snake often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130615_121449_90US-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Grass snake (Natrix natrix), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, making its way on top of a carpet of water chestnut plants. It is a non-venomous snake often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians
![Pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) is very similar in appearance to the closely related edible frog and marsh frog these three species are often referred to as "green frogs"](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130615_170936_83-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) is very similar in appearance to the closely related edible frog and marsh frog these three species are often referred to as "green frogs"
![A pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) joins underwater photographer Magnus Lundgren](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130615_172339_48US-1920x1279.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
A pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) joins underwater photographer Magnus Lundgren
![Sunrise over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FSWD-2012-06-04-052219-1280x1920.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Sunrise over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania
![Dramatic thunderstorm coming over the Danube delta at dusk](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130615_203723_32US-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Dramatic thunderstorm coming over the Danube delta at dusk
![Water boatman landed on a great pond snail, a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail in the family Lymnaeidae](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130616_112005_61-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Water boatman landed on a great pond snail, a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail in the family Lymnaeidae
![A school of ruffe, also known as pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130616_115322_99-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
A school of ruffe, also known as pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
![Narrow-clawed crayfish or Danube crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) hiding in the weed, this is a species of crayfish imported and introduced to Central Europe in 19th century from the Caspian Sea](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130616_121106_22-1920x1249.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Narrow-clawed crayfish or Danube crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) hiding in the weed, this is a species of crayfish imported and introduced to Central Europe in 19th century from the Caspian Sea
![Blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans)](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130617_081222_30-2US-1282x1920.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
![A minute smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) in its larva stage the gills are still on the outside of the body making it look a bit like a 20 mm long dinosaur](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130617_225322_62-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
A minute smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) in its larva stage the gills are still on the outside of the body making it look a bit like a 20 mm long dinosaur
![Watching the river from the boat](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130618_100102_79US-1920x1278.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Watching the river from the boat
![European pond turtle, or European pond terrapin (Emys orbicularis)](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130618_114306_92-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
European pond turtle, or European pond terrapin (Emys orbicularis)
![Close up of a dandelion](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130618_131639_03-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Close up of a dandelion
![Traditional fishing with fyke net](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130618_180729_15US-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Traditional fishing with fyke net
![Marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) is the largest frog native to Europe and belongs to the family of true frogs](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130619_074848_13-1920x1280.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) is the largest frog native to Europe and belongs to the family of true frogs
![Reflection of a pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) at night](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130617_222255_35US-1281x1920.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Reflection of a pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) at night
![Painter's mussel (Unio pictorum) is called so because the shell was historically used as a conveniently sized and shaped receptacle for holding artist's paint](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130619_102558_21-1920x1317.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Painter's mussel (Unio pictorum) is called so because the shell was historically used as a conveniently sized and shaped receptacle for holding artist's paint
![Northern pike (Esox lucius) hiding in the shadow of waterlily leafs](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130619_123210_24US-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Northern pike (Esox lucius) hiding in the shadow of waterlily leafs
![A large European medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) investigating a snail shell on the bottom](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130619_124422_83US-1920x1282.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
A large European medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) investigating a snail shell on the bottom
![Water boatman under a waterlily leaf. A water boatman is an aquatic insect that inhabit ponds and slow moving streams, where they swim near the bottom, there are about 500 known species worldwide](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130619_125135_07-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
Water boatman under a waterlily leaf. A water boatman is an aquatic insect that inhabit ponds and slow moving streams, where they swim near the bottom, there are about 500 known species worldwide
![European white waterlilies (Nymphaea alba) in a tributary of Danube Delta, Romania](https://rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/plugins/justified-image-grid/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Frewildingeurope.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMLU_20130619_133737_93US-1920x1281.jpg&h=230&q=90&f=.jpg)
European white waterlilies (Nymphaea alba) in a tributary of Danube Delta, Romania