Hungary Ramsar wetland
Pacsmag Fishponds Nature Conservation Area
81 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Benbe · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
1 species in January.0 species in February.9 species in March.78 species in April.61 species in May.2 species in June.11 species in July.6 species in August.0 species in September.0 species in October.0 species in November.1 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
81 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).
- 81Speciesrecorded more than once
- 22Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 650Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 105 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 7Raptors
- 3Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 6Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 37Songbirds
- 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 81 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
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 April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°38 mm
- Feb5°/-3°45 mm
- Mar11°/1°43 mm
- Apr17°/6°38 mm
- May22°/11°70 mm
- Jun26°/15°71 mm
- Jul29°/17°63 mm
- Aug29°/17°63 mm
- Sep23°/11°68 mm
- Oct17°/6°57 mm
- Nov10°/2°46 mm
- Dec3°/-3°46 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Pacsmag Fishponds Nature Conservation Area.
Protected area in Hungary
Pacsmag Fishponds Nature Conservation Area is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Hungary.
81 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 650 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Pheasant, the Barn swallow and the Hooded Crow.
17 species come for the summer, 2 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- TheCottageHu-Tuskósplace to stay · 4.6 km · 8 within 10 km
- Tamásinearest town · 6.6 km in a straight line
- Pécs-Pogány International Airport (PEV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 70 km in a straight lineCar hire at BUD airport (Budapest)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
- 2observation towers within 6 kmKilátó-GSM-torony
- 3viewpoints within 5 km
- 8places to stay within 10 kmTheCottageHu-Tuskós, TheCotageHU-Várhegy, Tamási Termál Motel és Kemping and 5 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Pacsmag Fishponds Nature Conservation Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 kmDarafarka · 10 kmHordó-állás-hegy · 13 kmPap-hegy · 13 kmKörtvélyes · 13 kmÖreg-hegy · 15 kmUzd · 16 kmKeszi Szőllő-hegy · 20 kmMagas-hegy · 22 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyKoppány75 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Pacsmag Fishponds Nature Conservation Area
Hungary
- 47Birdyas Score
- 81Species
- 22Migrants
- 2Threatened
Velence and Dinnyés Nature Conservation Area
Hungary · 63 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 144Migrants
- 10Threatened
Upper Kiskunság alkaline steppes
Hungary · 78 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 211Species
- 132Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q60793305) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 650 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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