Serbia Ramsar wetland
Ludaš Lake
128 bird species recorded; the most in July.
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This month here
27 species in January.37 species in February.66 species in March.80 species in April.81 species in May.77 species in June.101 species in July.69 species in August.67 species in September.58 species in October.25 species in November.26 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
128 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).
- 128Speciesrecorded more than once
- 84Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,643Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 96 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 6Raptors
- 2Owls
- 9Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 14Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 56Songbirds
- 18Other 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 128 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
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds56 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great titParus major
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- European SwiftApus apus
- 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 July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-4°39 mm
- Feb6°/-3°42 mm
- Mar12°/1°41 mm
- Apr18°/6°40 mm
- May23°/12°71 mm
- Jun28°/16°80 mm
- Jul31°/18°58 mm
- Aug31°/18°48 mm
- Sep24°/13°53 mm
- Oct18°/7°50 mm
- Nov11°/2°42 mm
- Dec4°/-3°40 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ludaš Lake.
Lake in Serbia
Ludaš Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Serbia.
128 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,643 open records.
The most recorded are the Mallard, the Black-headed Gull and the Eurasian Collared Dove.
56 species come for the summer, 24 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Camping Palićcampsite · 3.2 km · 1 within 10 km
- Vinski Dvorplace to stay · 1.7 km · 19 within 10 km
- Palićnearest town · 5.0 km in a straight line
- Osijek Airport (OSI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 106 km in a straight lineCar hire at OSI airport (Osijek)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
- 2bird hides within 6 km
- 4observation towers within 6 km
- 4marked trails within 4 kmMarkirana pešačka staza kroz Subotičku peščaru, Palić, centar (Linija 6) - Majkin salaš (R0), Водоторањ - Тресетиште - Палић центар and 1 more
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmVisitor Center Ludas
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 7car parks within 3 km
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmCamping Palić
- 19places to stay within 10 kmVinski Dvor, Majkin salaš, Vila Vivien Apartmani and 16 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Ludaš Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas4 mountains within 25 kmŠupljak · 6.1 kmSekulić · 9.6 kmCrni Kat · 11 kmŠebešić · 21 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyKörös-ér70 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.
Ludaš Lake
Serbia
- 63Birdyas Score
- 128Species
- 84Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2744326) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,643 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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