Russia Ramsar wetland
Kurgalsky Peninsula
46 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Смоленкин Иван · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.36 species in April.18 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.31 species in August.30 species in September.20 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
46 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).
- 46Speciesrecorded more than once
- 29Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 217Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1Raptors
- 3Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 9Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 23Songbirds
- 2Other 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 46 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
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- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Waders3 species
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- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds4 species
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- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
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- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Songbirds23 species
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- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great titParus major
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
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-4°/-8°59 mm
- Feb-4°/-8°50 mm
- Mar0°/-5°47 mm
- Apr7°/0°48 mm
- May14°/7°57 mm
- Jun18°/12°82 mm
- Jul21°/15°76 mm
- Aug20°/14°92 mm
- Sep15°/10°71 mm
- Oct8°/4°80 mm
- Nov2°/0°74 mm
- Dec-1°/-4°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kurgalsky Peninsula.
Russian peninsula
Kurgalsky Peninsula is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Russia.
46 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 217 open records.
The most recorded are the Great Spotted Woodpecker, the Eurasian Chaffinch and the Great Cormorant.
25 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Ясная полянаcampsite · 0.3 km · 10 within 10 km
- Ust’-Luganearest town · 9.4 km in a straight line
- Pulkovo Airport (LED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 120 km in a straight lineCar hire at LPP airport (Lappeenranta)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
- 10campsites within 10 kmЯсная поляна, Влюблённая парочка, У одинокой берёзы and 7 more
- 1places to stay within 10 km
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Kurgalsky Peninsula.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmBeloe2.8 km² · 1.7 kmLipovskoe5.1 km² · 7.0 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Kurgalsky Peninsula
Russia
- 40Birdyas Score
- 46Species
- 29Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2986329) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 217 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 | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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