Bulgaria Ramsar wetland
Lake Pomorie
275 bird species recorded; the most in September.
Mojmir Churavy · CC0
This month here
130 species in January.145 species in February.111 species in March.178 species in April.203 species in May.125 species in June.115 species in July.154 species in August.221 species in September.169 species in October.128 species in November.113 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
275 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).
- 275Speciesrecorded more than once
- 183Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 12ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 43,016Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 26Raptors
- 4Owls
- 41Waders
- 24Gulls & seabirds
- 30Ducks & geese
- 20Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 98Songbirds
- 28Other 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 275 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Gulls & seabirds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouanVU
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Ducks & geese30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Herons, ibises & grebes20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds98 species
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- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great titParus major
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Other birds28 species
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- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
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 September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan6°/-1°64 mm
- Feb8°/0°47 mm
- Mar12°/3°45 mm
- Apr16°/6°34 mm
- May22°/12°45 mm
- Jun27°/17°49 mm
- Jul30°/20°47 mm
- Aug30°/20°26 mm
- Sep25°/16°52 mm
- Oct19°/11°68 mm
- Nov13°/6°46 mm
- Dec8°/1°63 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Pomorie.
Lake in Bulgaria
Lake Pomorie is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Bulgaria.
275 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 43,016 open records.
The most recorded are the Yellow-legged Gull, the Great Cormorant and the Microcarbo pygmaeus.
92 species come for the summer, 82 for the winter and 9 only pass through.
12 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in September.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Анастасияcampsite · 5.7 km · 6 within 10 km
- Kотваplace to stay · 12 km · 333 within 10 km
- Pomorienearest town · 2.4 km in a straight line
- Burgas Airport (BOJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at BOJ airport (Burgas)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
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmТуристически център
- 4viewpoints within 5 km
- 30car parks within 3 km
- 61restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 kmАнастасия, Къмпинг "Ахелой", Полигон за автотренинг and 3 more
- 333places to stay within 10 kmKотва, Aquaria, Каролина and 330 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Lake Pomorie.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmGora Kabalytsite13 m · 6.1 kmBiberna280 m · 15 kmGora Shiloto209 m · 24 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.
Lake Pomorie
Bulgaria
- 88Birdyas Score
- 275Species
- 183Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1503623) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 43,016 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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