Slovakia / Hungary Ramsar wetland
Baradla Domica cave system
110 bird species recorded; the most from May to July.
Fenyessanyi · CC BY 3.0
This month here
28 species in January.7 species in February.51 species in March.60 species in April.72 species in May.76 species in June.76 species in July.42 species in August.45 species in September.57 species in October.39 species in November.35 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
VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
110 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).
- 110Speciesrecorded more than once
- 61Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,888Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 329 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 7Raptors
- 4Owls
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 69Songbirds
- 25Other 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 110 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds69 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Other birds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- European SwiftApus apus
- CootFulica atra
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from May to July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan0°/-7°38 mm
- Feb2°/-6°40 mm
- Mar9°/-2°41 mm
- Apr16°/4°44 mm
- May20°/9°78 mm
- Jun24°/13°84 mm
- Jul27°/15°91 mm
- Aug26°/15°67 mm
- Sep21°/10°57 mm
- Oct14°/4°56 mm
- Nov7°/0°47 mm
- Dec1°/-5°44 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Baradla Domica cave system.
Cave system in Hungary and Slovakia
Baradla Domica cave system is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Slovakia, 329 m above the sea.
110 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,888 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Nuthatch and the Hawfinch.
41 species come for the summer, 18 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove and Eastern Imperial Eagle.
The most species are recorded from May to July.
Get there and watch
- Baradla Kemping és Turistaszállócampsite · 0.7 km · 2 within 10 km
- Barlang Vendégházplace to stay · 0.1 km · 45 within 10 km
- Plešivecnearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Košice International Airport (KSC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 59 km in a straight lineCar hire at KSC airport (Košice)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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmPitics-hegyi-kilátó
- 31marked trails within 4 kmK, OKT 24. (Putnok – Aggtelek – Bódvaszilas), Náučný chodník Domica, K, OKT and 28 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmLátogató-központ
- 6viewpoints within 5 kmPitics-hegyi-kilátó and 5 more
- 9car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmBaradla Kemping és Turistaszálló
- 45places to stay within 10 kmBarlang Vendégház, Emőke vendégház, Kiskulcsos vendégház and 42 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 Baradla Domica cave system.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas8 mountains within 25 kmPoronya-teto” · 1.6 kmBoroska · 18 kmČervený kopec802 m · 19 kmMurik · 23 kmTegart · 23 kmMagas-tető · 24 kmRákoš · 24 kmSlovenská Skala · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmRožňava observatoryBortle 3 · 23 km
Cavernyas42 caves within 20 kmBaradla Domica cave system · this placeBaradla cave · 0.7 kmDomica · 2.4 kmMilada · 6.4 kmSilická ľadnica · 9.2 kmGombasek Cave · 11 kmDiviačia priepasť · 14 kmHrušovská jaskyňa · 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.
Baradla Domica cave system
Slovakia
- 57Birdyas Score
- 110Species
- 61Migrants
- 2Threatened
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- 88Birdyas Score
- 276Species
- 177Migrants
- 14Threatened
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- 64Birdyas Score
- 138Species
- 79Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q28199244) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,888 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, Darkskyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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