Ukraine bird sanctuary
Kholoniv nature reserve
25 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Viacheslav Galievskyi · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
1 species in January.0 species in February.2 species in March.0 species in April.9 species in May.17 species in June.12 species in July.7 species in August.1 species in September.1 species in October.0 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
25 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).
- 25Speciesrecorded more than once
- 4Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 143Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 202 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 1Raptors
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 7Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 4Songbirds
- 6Other 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 25 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Gulls & seabirds3 species
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese3 species
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes7 species
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes1 species
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds4 species
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Other birds6 species
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
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 June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-8°45 mm
- Feb0°/-7°40 mm
- Mar7°/-3°47 mm
- Apr14°/3°44 mm
- May20°/9°84 mm
- Jun23°/13°85 mm
- Jul25°/15°90 mm
- Aug25°/14°68 mm
- Sep20°/9°58 mm
- Oct13°/4°50 mm
- Nov6°/0°44 mm
- Dec0°/-5°46 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kholoniv nature reserve.
Ornithological reserve in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine
Kholoniv nature reserve is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine, 202 m above the sea.
25 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 143 open records.
The most recorded are the Eared Grebe, the Common Pochard and the Great Crested Grebe.
4 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in June.

Get there and watch
- Діброваcampsite · 5.4 km · 1 within 10 km
- Maryanivkanearest town · 4.6 km in a straight line
- Lublin Airport (LUZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 170 km in a straight lineCar hire at LUZ airport (Lublin)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
- 1campsites within 10 kmДіброва
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.

Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q28707573) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 143 open bird records within 4 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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