Categorised as Endangered by the IUCN, listed on Appendix II of CITES and Appendix II of CMS. Regular passage migrant in the project area, reaching up to 10 individuals per season. Satellite tagged birds from Hungary, Slovakia and Romania occurred in the area, some of them got electrocuted. Some Saker Falcons winters around Burgas. Listed in the national RDB as Critically Endangered. National Action plan for the species was adopted in 2013.
