Ukraine bird sanctuary
Lypivsky Sanctuary
118 bird species recorded; the most in July.
Сергій Криниця (Haidamac) · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
12 species in January.40 species in February.47 species in March.35 species in April.8 species in May.37 species in June.60 species in July.40 species in August.44 species in September.55 species in October.55 species in November.36 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
118 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).
- 118Speciesrecorded more than once
- 65Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,286Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 79 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 9Waders
- 9Gulls & seabirds
- 19Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 48Songbirds
- 15Other 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 118 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Waders9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulls & seabirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
Ducks & geese19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Songbirds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
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.
- Jan-3°/-9°44 mm
- Feb-1°/-8°39 mm
- Mar6°/-2°40 mm
- Apr15°/4°35 mm
- May22°/11°60 mm
- Jun25°/15°75 mm
- Jul28°/18°61 mm
- Aug28°/17°37 mm
- Sep21°/11°52 mm
- Oct13°/4°43 mm
- Nov5°/-1°40 mm
- Dec0°/-6°46 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lypivsky Sanctuary.
Ornithological reserve in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
Lypivsky Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine.
118 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,286 open records.
The most recorded are the White-tailed Eagle, the Pontic gull and the Mallard.
31 species come for the summer, 32 for the winter and 2 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
- Колибаplace to stay · 1.6 km · 8 within 10 km
- Blahodatnenearest town · 3.0 km in a straight line
- Gomel Airport (GME)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 339 km in a straight lineCar hire at KBP airport (Boryspil)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
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8places to stay within 10 kmКолиба, Калина, Готель Маєток Святобор and 5 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
- 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 Lypivsky Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmCherkasy PlanetariumBortle 5 · 12 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyKropyvnaSukha Zhar
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.
Lypivsky Sanctuary
Ukraine
- 57Birdyas Score
- 118Species
- 65Migrants
- 2Threatened
Urochyshche Viazove Reserve
Ukraine · 120 km
- 33Birdyas Score
- 40Species
- 7Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q12117955) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,286 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 |
| Sister atlases | Darkskyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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