Serbia Ramsar wetland
Đerdap National Park
59 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Riccardo Reggiani · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.4 species in February.2 species in March.22 species in April.46 species in May.20 species in June.13 species in July.18 species in August.24 species in September.18 species in October.12 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.
No records for this month.
No 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
59 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).
- 59Speciesrecorded more than once
- 23Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 408Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 145 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 3Raptors
- 1Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 32Songbirds
- 9Other 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 59 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Great titParus major
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
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.
- Jan1°/-6°49 mm
- Feb4°/-4°51 mm
- Mar10°/0°51 mm
- Apr16°/5°54 mm
- May22°/10°78 mm
- Jun27°/14°77 mm
- Jul30°/17°66 mm
- Aug30°/16°55 mm
- Sep24°/12°56 mm
- Oct16°/6°63 mm
- Nov9°/1°56 mm
- Dec3°/-4°56 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Đerdap National Park.
National park in Serbia
Đerdap National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Serbia.
59 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 408 open records.
The most recorded are the Great Cormorant, the Yellow-legged Gull and the Black-headed Gull.
20 species come for the summer, 3 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Rankine Kolibecampsite · 5.7 km · 2 within 10 km
- Karatas Sports Campplace to stay · 2.2 km · 51 within 10 km
- Gura Văiinearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
- Craiova International Airport (CRA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 116 km in a straight lineCar hire at CRA airport (Craiova)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
- 7marked trails within 4 kmEuropean long distance path E3 - part Romania, European long distance path E8 - part Romania, Traseul ecoturistic Crucea lui Sfântul Petru and 4 more
- 4car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmRankine Kolibe
- 51places to stay within 10 kmKaratas Sports Camp, Vila Žikica, Apartman Mima and 48 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Đerdap National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas13 mountains within 25 kmVeliki Breg · 2.9 kmMiroč768 m · 20 kmČoka Arki · 20 kmDalu Mare · 20 kmVeliki Štrbac · 20 kmVisoki Čukar · 23 kmKraku Krčag · 24 kmDealul Mare · 25 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmTopolnița Cave · 17 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyDanube2,850 km · 5,433 m³/s↗Drincea River
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.
Đerdap National Park
Serbia
- 40Birdyas Score
- 59Species
- 23Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1258055) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 408 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, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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