The main core area of the Lower Dniester Ramsar Site is the "Talmaza Meadow" sector (with an area of 1886 ha), which contains forest massifs with numerous meadows, a lake (24 ha), an almost closed loop of the old riverbed, which recently separated from the Dniester , permanent flooded and dry canals, ponds, swamps, meadows and sectors of abandoned agricultural land. There are wild areas that are difficult to cross, with dense undergrowth, with trees felled by wind and storm. The crown of the forest is often closed, and at the same time there are many meadows and meadows in the forest. There are large swampy areas with an extensive surface of water. There are many water basins, from small ones that often dry up to Lake Adana (approx. 30 ha) and the loops of the old Dniester riverbed that have kept a certain connection with the main course of the river.
Talmaza meadow complex, according to its biological and landscape diversity is the most valuable of all the sectors located in the Lower Dniester area. It includes various biotopes - meadows, ponds, lakes, forests, which create favorable conditions for many species of mammals, including a large number of bats (over 20,000 specimens), which live in this region. Talmaza meadow includes the best preserved swampy meadows and ponds in the area. Insects protected at international, European and national level also have a high value. 22 species of dragonflies were registered (50% of those known in Moldova), among which the rarest is Gomphus flavipes Pz ..
Here is concentrated the greatest diversity of bird species of the entire "Lower Dniester" Ramsar Site, including many rare species. In favorable years there is a concentration of wild ducks. Such rare species as Ciconia nigra, Phalacrocorax pygmeus, Crex crex, Egretta alba nest here. Milvus migrans, Buteo buteo, Falco tinnunculus, F.subbuteo, F. vespertinus, Accipiter nisus, A. gentiles, Asio otus, Otus scops, Athene noctua, Strix aluco, Himantopus himantopus are present. Many species of birds of prey are encountered during migration.
Talmaza meadow includes a reserve of soil resources (200 ha), like other nature reserves placed around on the meadow sectors- „Olăneşti forest” (108 ha) and „Togai swamp” (50 ha) - which are located on two meanders of the Dniester.
The complex is a valuable tourist object, where you can make observations and pictures of the landscape, typical floodplains and rare species (during the period of development / mass flowering) of plants and animals, among which the most beautiful are birds. You can organize night walks through the forest listening to the sounds of bats using ultrasonic detectors and capturing bats with nets. Collection of medicinal plants and non-timber forest production. The meadows in the sector must be used as hayfields.
