Sisavci

Apart from various birds living in tree-holes, frequent inhabitants of chestnut forests are squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and the dormouse (Myoxus glis). Here we can also encounter various species of game, such as the wild boar (Sus scrofa) and the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), and recently also the bear (Ursus arctos).

Among small mammals, particularly important are the endemic karst dormouse (Eliomys quercinus dalmaticus), the snow vole (Chionomys nivalis), the Mediterranean water shrew (Neomys anomalus) and 18 species of bat. Among these, particularly interesting are the common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersi), the Kolombatović lump-nosed bat and the Alpine long-eared bat (Plecotuskolombatovici and Plecotus macrobullaris), and the Bechstein’s bat (Myotis bechsteini).Rocky cliffs are attractive not only to birds, but also to the chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra).

Did you know?

The griffon vulture feeding site

…that griffon vultures, endangered in Croatia, are often flying over Učka in search for food? Once they were nesting here, but today their northern-Adriatic population is decreasing and in order to help in their preservation, a feeding site was build in Učka Nature Park, popularly called 'griffon vulture restaurants'.

The „Two towers“ trail

…that in 2018 a trail named „Two towers“ was established, which connects the town tower in Lovran with the Vojak tower on Učka? The trail goes through the existing hiking trail, and alongside there are educational boards that inform visitors on the flora and fauna of Učka.

The Roman cheese

…that it is traditional on Učka to produce the „molded“ sheep cheese of distinctive taste since the Roman Empire time? Its production was standardized due to its use in the nutrition of the Roman legions, while today's cheese made on Učka doesn't differ much from its antique ancestor.

Slavic mythology

…that the Mošćenička Draga's canyon used to be the scenery of sacred beliefs for the first Slavic settlers on the Kvarner area? The local toponyms like Perun, Babin grob and Voloski kuk witness about the old Slavic cult of Perun.