Romania Ramsar wetland
Mureș Floodplain Natural Park
50 bird species recorded; the most in July.
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This month here
8 species in January.22 species in February.0 species in March.2 species in April.7 species in May.32 species in June.43 species in July.12 species in August.7 species in September.13 species in October.4 species in November.10 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.
NTNo records for this month.
NT
NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
50 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).
- 50Speciesrecorded more than once
- 20Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 306Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 125 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 3Raptors
- 2Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 26Songbirds
- 13Other 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 50 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
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- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Waders2 species
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- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
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- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese2 species
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
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- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
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- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds26 species
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- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great titParus major
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
Other birds13 species
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- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- 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.
- Jan3°/-4°41 mm
- Feb6°/-3°40 mm
- Mar12°/1°44 mm
- Apr18°/6°45 mm
- May23°/12°70 mm
- Jun28°/16°81 mm
- Jul30°/18°68 mm
- Aug31°/18°53 mm
- Sep24°/12°52 mm
- Oct18°/7°50 mm
- Nov11°/2°46 mm
- Dec4°/-3°43 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mureș Floodplain Natural Park.
Protected area
Mureș Floodplain Natural Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Romania.
50 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 306 open records.
The most recorded are the House Sparrow, the Great tit and the Mallard.
11 species come for the summer, 8 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Zori de Ziplace to stay · 1.5 km · 103 within 10 km
- Zădăreninearest town · 4.5 km in a straight line
- Arad International Airport (ARW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 2 km in a straight lineCar hire at TSR airport (Timişoara)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
- 3marked trails within 4 kmEuropean long distance path E7 - part Romania
- 32car parks within 3 km
- 12restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 103places to stay within 10 kmZori de Zi, Paradis, Pascha and 100 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 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 Mureș Floodplain Natural Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
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.
Mureș Floodplain Natural Park
Romania
- 39Birdyas Score
- 50Species
- 20Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q841093) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 306 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 | Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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