Lithuania Ramsar wetland
Čepkeliai Marsh
40 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Wojsyl · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.36 species in April.21 species in May.1 species in June.13 species in July.9 species in August.6 species in September.0 species in October.8 species in November.3 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
40 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).
- 40Speciesrecorded more than once
- 11Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 158Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 133 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 2Raptors
- 2Waders
- 3Ducks & geese
- 1Storks & cranes
- 27Songbirds
- 5Other 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 40 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
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- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds27 species
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- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
Other birds5 species
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- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- 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 April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-3°/-9°50 mm
- Feb-2°/-8°40 mm
- Mar4°/-4°42 mm
- Apr12°/2°44 mm
- May18°/8°70 mm
- Jun22°/12°75 mm
- Jul24°/14°93 mm
- Aug24°/13°78 mm
- Sep18°/8°52 mm
- Oct11°/3°63 mm
- Nov4°/0°53 mm
- Dec-1°/-5°52 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Čepkeliai Marsh.
Nature reserve in Lithuania
Čepkeliai Marsh is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Lithuania.
40 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 158 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Chaffinch and the Whooper Swan.
7 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Kastinio ežero stovyklavietėcampsite · 8.9 km · 4 within 10 km
- Rūtos Sakalienės kaimo turizmo sodybaplace to stay · 11 km · 1 within 10 km
- Varėnanearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Vilnius International Airport (VNO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 86 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
- 2observation towers within 6 kmČepkelių raisto apžvalgos bokštas
- 4campsites within 10 kmKastinio ežero stovyklavietė, Ūlos ežero stovyklavietė, Rudnios stovyklavietė and 1 more
- 1places to stay within 10 kmRūtos Sakalienės kaimo turizmo sodyba
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Čepkeliai Marsh.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Riveryasthe river nearbyKotra109 km · 13 m³/s
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Čepkeliai Marsh
Lithuania
- 35Birdyas Score
- 40Species
- 11Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3287428) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 158 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 | Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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