Belarus Ramsar wetland
Biarezinski Biosphere Reserve
128 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
7 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.89 species in April.105 species in May.84 species in June.80 species in July.10 species in August.46 species in September.21 species in October.7 species in November.11 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.
No records for this month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
128 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).
- 128Speciesrecorded more than once
- 80Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,037Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 178 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 9Raptors
- 7Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 10Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 74Songbirds
- 18Other 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 128 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Waders7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds74 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
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.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-5°/-11°55 mm
- Feb-4°/-10°46 mm
- Mar2°/-6°46 mm
- Apr10°/1°51 mm
- May17°/7°81 mm
- Jun21°/11°82 mm
- Jul23°/14°102 mm
- Aug22°/13°87 mm
- Sep17°/8°58 mm
- Oct9°/2°73 mm
- Nov2°/-2°60 mm
- Dec-3°/-7°54 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Biarezinski Biosphere Reserve.
Nature reserve in Minsk and Vitebsk regons of Belarus
Biarezinski Biosphere Reserve is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Belarus.
128 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,037 open records.
The most recorded are the Northern Raven, the Eurasian Chaffinch and the White Wagtail.
66 species come for the summer, 12 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Масцішчаcampsite · 10 km · 1 within 10 km
- Сяргучplace to stay · 2.9 km · 8 within 10 km
- Byahoml’nearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Minsk National Airport (MSQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 100 km in a straight lineCar hire at VNO airport (Vilnius)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 kmНазіральная вышка
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmНазіральная вышка
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmМасцішча
- 8places to stay within 10 kmСяргуч, Ніўкі, Гасцявы дом «Домжарыцкае возера» and 5 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Biarezinski Biosphere Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 kmOzero Domzheritskoye1.7 km² · 4.3 kmPlaŭna4.2 km² · 7.9 kmVoĺšyсa3.3 km² · 10 km
Riveryasthe river nearbySierhuč47 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.
Biarezinski Biosphere Reserve
Belarus
- 60Birdyas Score
- 128Species
- 80Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1194178) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,037 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 | Lakeyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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