Ukraine bird sanctuary
Barskyi zakaznyk
78 bird species recorded; the most in May and in July.
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This month here
10 species in January.0 species in February.8 species in March.38 species in April.48 species in May.16 species in June.45 species in July.44 species in August.1 species in September.41 species in October.9 species in November.5 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.
No records for this month.
VU
VU
VUVU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
78 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).
- 78Speciesrecorded more than once
- 38Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 554Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 273 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 5Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 40Songbirds
- 13Other 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 78 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
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Ducks & geese5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds40 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
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 May and in July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-8°37 mm
- Feb0°/-7°39 mm
- Mar7°/-3°42 mm
- Apr14°/3°45 mm
- May20°/9°64 mm
- Jun24°/13°87 mm
- Jul26°/15°78 mm
- Aug26°/14°56 mm
- Sep20°/9°49 mm
- Oct13°/3°45 mm
- Nov6°/-1°41 mm
- Dec0°/-6°38 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Barskyi zakaznyk.
Ornithological reserve in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine
Barskyi zakaznyk is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine, 273 m above the sea.
78 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 554 open records.
The most recorded are the Coot, the Black-headed Gull and the Whiskered Tern.
30 species come for the summer, 7 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in May and in July.
Get there and watch
- Дитячий табір "Фортуна"campsite · 11 km · 3 within 10 km
- Барселонаplace to stay · 1.6 km · 4 within 10 km
- Barnearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Suceava Ștefan cel Mare International Airport (SCV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 182 km in a straight lineCar hire at IAS airport (Iaşi)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 km
- 1marked trails within 4 kmCamino Podolico
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 86car parks within 3 km
- 24restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmДитячий табір "Фортуна"
- 4places to stay within 10 kmБарселона, Україна, Гостинна садиба «Подільська батьківщина» and 1 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- visitor centres 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 Barskyi zakaznyk.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Riveryasthe river nearbyRiv100 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.
Barskyi zakaznyk
Ukraine
- 47Birdyas Score
- 78Species
- 38Migrants
- 1Threatened
Dnister Regional Landscape Park
Ukraine · 70 km
- 35Birdyas Score
- 43Species
- 6Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q25441727) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 554 open bird records within 4 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 | Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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