On an area of about 20 hectares in rainy season and 2 hectares in drought, near the sea and the beaches Cisterna and Guštinja there is an Istrian bird sanctuary, the special "bird sanctuary Palud - Palù", whose landmark is the water railing (Rallus aquaticus) is. Palud is a wetland that is the army of k.u.k. Monarchy in 1906 by digging a canal connected to the sea