Ukraine Ramsar wetland
Dniester Lyman
81 bird species recorded; the most in August.
Razan1787 · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
21 species in January.13 species in February.30 species in March.21 species in April.42 species in May.43 species in June.20 species in July.48 species in August.18 species in September.18 species in October.8 species in November.15 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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VUNT
VUNTVUNTVUNTVUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
81 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).
- 81Speciesrecorded more than once
- 34Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,814Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 6Raptors
- 1Owls
- 8Waders
- 10Gulls & seabirds
- 17Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 14Songbirds
- 8Other 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 81 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RedshankTringa totanus
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouanVU
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Ducks & geese17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmeus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great titParus major
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- European SwiftApus apus
- CootFulica atra
- Great bustardOtis tarda
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
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 August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/0°52 mm
- Feb4°/0°40 mm
- Mar7°/3°37 mm
- Apr12°/8°30 mm
- May18°/14°39 mm
- Jun23°/20°46 mm
- Jul26°/22°39 mm
- Aug26°/22°26 mm
- Sep22°/18°37 mm
- Oct16°/12°46 mm
- Nov10°/7°42 mm
- Dec6°/2°44 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Dniester Lyman.
Estuary in Ukraine
Dniester Lyman is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ukraine.
81 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,814 open records.
The most recorded are the Garganey, the Common Pochard and the Northern Pintail.
20 species come for the summer, 11 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Red-footed Falcon and Yelkouan Shearwater.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- Русьplace to stay · 4.1 km · 10 within 10 km
- Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyinearest town · 4.3 km in a straight line
- Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 133 km in a straight lineCar hire at ODS airport (Odesa)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
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 10places to stay within 10 kmРусь, Фієста, Зодиак and 7 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 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 Dniester Lyman.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmMaiaky ObservatoryBortle 3 · 19 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.
Dniester Lyman
Ukraine
- 51Birdyas Score
- 81Species
- 34Migrants
- 3Threatened
Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park
Ukraine · 57 km
- 62Birdyas Score
- 118Species
- 32Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1974485) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,814 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 | Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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