Moldova Ramsar wetland
Lower Dniester
45 bird species recorded; the most in July.
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This month here
0 species in January.4 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.19 species in May.0 species in June.42 species in July.1 species in August.1 species in September.0 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
45 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).
- 45Speciesrecorded more than once
- 1Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 204Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2Raptors
- 3Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 21Songbirds
- 7Other 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 45 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Waders3 species
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Ducks & geese1 species
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes2 species
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds21 species
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Great titParus major
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Other birds7 species
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
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 July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan1°/-6°43 mm
- Feb4°/-5°33 mm
- Mar10°/-1°35 mm
- Apr16°/5°33 mm
- May23°/11°46 mm
- Jun28°/16°58 mm
- Jul31°/19°52 mm
- Aug31°/18°32 mm
- Sep24°/12°36 mm
- Oct16°/6°42 mm
- Nov9°/1°40 mm
- Dec3°/-4°39 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lower Dniester.
National park in Moldova and Ramsar site (no. 1316 in the Ramsar list)
Lower Dniester is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Moldova.
45 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 204 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Golden Oriole, the Eurasian Hoopoe and the Barn swallow.
1 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Zen Resort & Spaplace to stay · 10 km · 4 within 10 km
- Crasnoenearest town · 7.1 km in a straight line
- Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 73 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
- 4places to stay within 10 kmZen Resort & Spa, Hotel Ștefan Vodă, Marion Hotel and 1 more
- 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
- 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 Lower Dniester.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyFigures 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.
Lower Dniester
Moldova
- 34Birdyas Score
- 45Species
- 1Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q28721500) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 204 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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