Fauna Several hundreds of animal species live in the Súľov Rocks. We can find 90 species of birds here from which almost 80 species also nest here. The most widespread bird of prey living in the rocks is a kestrel. He nests on inaccessible rocky towers and walls. He can be seen searching for a prey ( voles, mice,...) when he usually circles around and flutters at one place. Other birds of prey living in the Súľov Rocks are a raven and a jackdaw. A few eagle owls live here as well. They are active in the evening and during the night, hunting small and middle-sized mammals, birds and amphibians. A long-eared owl and a honey-buzzard nest in forrests. We can hear many songbirds in Súľov, f.e. robin, finch, nuthatch, stonechat. Sometimes we can also hear black woodpecker here. Near brooks a dipper and a grey wagtail can be seen. Forrest is home of many mammals. We can see squirrrels here but there is a plenty of deer, roedeer and wild boars in this area as well. A lynx, which can also be seen here, hunts at night and at dusk. Another night hunter is a lesser horseshoe bat feeding on insects. A hedgehog also comes out only in the dark. Rocks and the castle ruins are a favourite place of lizard: wall- lizard, sand-lizard and slow-worm. Frogs are not the only amphibians living in the Súľov Rocks, near the water we can also find a salamander. Molluscs have a special position in local fauna. They are present here in great numbers thanks to the sufficient supplies of carbonates which they need for building their shells.