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This month here
16 species in January.0 species in February.29 species in March.55 species in April.13 species in May.10 species in June.6 species in July.0 species in August.17 species in September.20 species in October.20 species in November.25 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
71 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).
- 71Speciesrecorded more than once
- 21Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 724Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 6Raptors
- 3Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 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 71 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
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Songbirds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Great titParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Menetries's WarblerSylvia mystacea
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
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.
- Jan7°/0°53 mm
- Feb8°/0°51 mm
- Mar12°/3°50 mm
- Apr16°/6°44 mm
- May22°/12°29 mm
- Jun26°/16°16 mm
- Jul27°/18°15 mm
- Aug28°/18°26 mm
- Sep24°/15°79 mm
- Oct19°/11°110 mm
- Nov13°/6°98 mm
- Dec9°/1°58 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Estil Lagoon.
Lagoon in Astara County, Iran
Estil Lagoon is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Iran.
71 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 724 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Egret, the Great Cormorant and the Grey Heron.
5 species come for the summer, 13 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- ساحل صدف آستاراcampsite · 3.9 km · 5 within 10 km
- هتل نگینplace to stay · 0.8 km · 18 within 10 km
- Āstārānearest town · 6.8 km in a straight line
- Ardabil Airport (ADU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire at GYD airport (Baku)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
- 3viewpoints within 5 kmنقطه اوج
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmساحل صدف آستارا, اسکان چادر مسافران, Camping@Ali&Fathma and 2 more
- 18places to stay within 10 kmهتل نگین, هتل بین المللی ۵ ستاره اسپیناس, خانه آستارا and 15 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Estil Lagoon.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas8 mountains within 25 kmSheykhdī Kūh · 11 kmKūh-e Asneh · 14 kmMount Espinas · 16 kmKūh-e Āsbīnās · 17 kmKūh-e Var Kash · 18 kmKūh-e Khān Bolāghī · 18 kmKūh-e Pālāsī · 20 kmReshteh Kūh-e Ba‘rūdāgh · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmEstil Lagoon0.8 km² · 0.1 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.
Estil Lagoon
Iran
- 44Birdyas Score
- 71Species
- 21Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6415777) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 724 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, Lakeyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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