Aggyol National Park

Aggyol National Park is located on the territory of Agjabedi and Beylagan regions of Azerbaijan. This park was established in 2003 and covers an area of 17,924 hectares. The main feature of the park is that about 99% of the territory consists of water space and only 1% of islands and coastlines. Once on these lands were Ag-Gel State Reserve and Ag-Gel State Reserve, then they were united.

This national park was opened in order to protect and preserve the natural complexes of reed and wetlands and the waters of Lake Aggel. This, by the way, is the habitat and nesting place of many waterfowl and near-water birds. The ornithological fauna of Ag-Gel National Park is extremely diverse. More than 140 species of birds can be found here, of which 89 species nest in the park.

Also in the fauna of the park there are such mammals as boar, nutria, reed cat, wolf, jackal, fox, rusak hare and others, and, of course, there are 8 species of amphibians and reptiles, including Syrian garlic, Caspian turtle and water turtle.