Hungary Ramsar wetland
Balatonkenesei Tátorjános
117 bird species recorded; the most in July and from November to January.
Derzsi Elekes Andor · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
65 species in January.49 species in February.33 species in March.13 species in April.48 species in May.53 species in June.64 species in July.56 species in August.28 species in September.24 species in October.68 species in November.63 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
VU
NT
VUVU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
117 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 117Speciesrecorded more than once
- 54Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,391Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 172 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 1Waders
- 11Gulls & seabirds
- 17Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 56Songbirds
- 17Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 117 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Ducks & geese17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds56 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in July and from November to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°37 mm
- Feb4°/-3°41 mm
- Mar10°/0°41 mm
- Apr17°/6°34 mm
- May22°/11°65 mm
- Jun26°/15°66 mm
- Jul29°/17°61 mm
- Aug28°/17°63 mm
- Sep22°/11°62 mm
- Oct16°/6°52 mm
- Nov9°/2°44 mm
- Dec3°/-3°42 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Balatonkenesei Tátorjános.
Protected area in Hungary
Balatonkenesei Tátorjános is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Hungary.
117 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,391 open records.
The most recorded are the Mallard, the Hooded Crow and the Black-headed Gull.
29 species come for the summer, 24 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Velvet scoter and Long-tailed duck.
The most species are recorded in July and from November to January.
Get there and watch
- Honvéd Kempingcampsite · 0.4 km · 5 within 10 km
- Herbi panzióplace to stay · 0.9 km · 166 within 10 km
- Balatonkenesenearest town · 1.0 km in a straight line
- Hévíz–Balaton Airport (SOB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 81 km in a straight lineCar hire at BUD airport (Budapest)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2observation towers within 6 kmSoós-hegyi kilátó, Sérhegy (mérőtorony)
- 4marked trails within 4 kmST, Tátorján tanösvény, S (Balatonkenese, vá. - Soós Lajos-emlékmű), Z (Balatonfűzfő körút) and 1 more
- 5visitor centres within 6 kmHorgászturisztikai pont, Tourinform and 3 more
- 9viewpoints within 5 kmSoós-hegyi kilátó, Kilátó, Sér-hegyi kilátás and 6 more
- 21car parks within 3 km
- 8restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmHonvéd Kemping, Balaton Center Kemping, Yacht Camping and 2 more
- 166places to stay within 10 kmHerbi panzió, Kenese Bay Garden, Tippula Vendégház and 163 more
- bird hides within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Balatonkenesei Tátorjános.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas7 mountains within 25 kmAlsó Szőllő-hegy · 11 kmLikacsosdomb · 16 kmCsatár Hill · 21 kmÖreg-Futóné · 22 kmPapod · 24 kmMalom-hegy · 24 kmZombor-hegy · 25 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmLóczy Cave · 18 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Balatonkenesei Tátorjános
Hungary
- 58Birdyas Score
- 117Species
- 54Migrants
- 3Threatened
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- 87Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 144Migrants
- 10Threatened
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- 80Birdyas Score
- 211Species
- 132Migrants
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q59282921) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,391 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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