Albania / Montenegro Ramsar wetland
Buna
173 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Bojana Smiljanić · Public domain
This month here
33 species in January.8 species in February.85 species in March.148 species in April.96 species in May.59 species in June.64 species in July.60 species in August.67 species in September.74 species in October.40 species in November.0 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.
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VU
VU
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VUNo records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
173 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).
- 173Speciesrecorded more than once
- 92Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,994Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 2Owls
- 30Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 12Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 62Songbirds
- 23Other 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 173 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouanVU
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds62 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great titParus major
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
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 April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan8°/3°142 mm
- Feb10°/4°131 mm
- Mar13°/7°125 mm
- Apr17°/11°94 mm
- May22°/15°80 mm
- Jun26°/19°57 mm
- Jul30°/22°32 mm
- Aug31°/22°33 mm
- Sep25°/18°104 mm
- Oct20°/13°126 mm
- Nov15°/9°170 mm
- Dec10°/5°163 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Buna.
River in Albania and Montenegro
Buna is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Albania.
173 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,994 open records.
The most recorded are the Barn swallow, the Hooded Crow and the Yellow-legged Gull.
62 species come for the summer, 22 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove, Grey Plover and Red-footed Falcon.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Kamp Ada Bojanacampsite · 1.1 km · 16 within 10 km
- Apartmani Martinovicplace to stay · 5.8 km · 209 within 10 km
- Velipojënearest town · 5.1 km in a straight line
- Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (TGD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 56 km in a straight lineCar hire at TGD airport (Podgorica)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
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmVisitor Center
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmPikë Vrojtimi
- 18car parks within 3 km
- 15restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 16campsites within 10 kmKamp Ada Bojana, velipoj, KAMPI VEROR and 13 more
- 209places to stay within 10 kmApartmani Martinovic, Apartmani Dalila, Apartments Meti and 206 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Buna.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas87 mountains within 25 kmMaja e Zezë513 m · 12 kmMali i Jushit264 m · 14 kmMali i Barbullushit319 m · 14 kmMali i Rencit299 m · 18 kmMali i Shengjinit338 m · 20 kmMali i Kakarriqit316 m · 21 kmTarabosh593 m · 23 kmMaja e Taraboshit543 m · 23 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmPlazhi i Velipojës · 5.8 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmLake Zogaj12 km² · 8.4 kmLake Šas3.1 km² · 13 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.
Buna
Albania
- 77Birdyas Score
- 173Species
- 92Migrants
- 7Threatened
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park
Albania · 104 km
- 73Birdyas Score
- 182Species
- 102Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q372490) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,994 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, Coastya, 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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