Bulgaria Ramsar wetland
Poda Protected Area
302 bird species recorded; the most from April to May and in September.
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This month here
158 species in January.173 species in February.178 species in March.235 species in April.228 species in May.173 species in June.161 species in July.192 species in August.240 species in September.211 species in October.160 species in November.154 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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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
302 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).
- 302Speciesrecorded more than once
- 198Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 14ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 79,586Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 29Raptors
- 7Owls
- 45Waders
- 23Gulls & seabirds
- 29Ducks & geese
- 22Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 111Songbirds
- 32Other 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 302 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders45 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostris
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & seabirds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouanVU
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Ducks & geese29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
Herons, ibises & grebes22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds111 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Great titParus major
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Half-collared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
Other birds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May and in September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan6°/-1°64 mm
- Feb8°/0°47 mm
- Mar12°/3°45 mm
- Apr16°/6°34 mm
- May22°/12°45 mm
- Jun27°/17°49 mm
- Jul30°/20°47 mm
- Aug30°/20°26 mm
- Sep25°/16°52 mm
- Oct19°/11°68 mm
- Nov13°/6°46 mm
- Dec8°/1°63 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Poda Protected Area.
Nature reserve in Bulgaria
Poda Protected Area is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Bulgaria.
302 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 79,586 open records.
The most recorded are the Great Cormorant, the Microcarbo pygmaeus and the Yellow-legged Gull.
104 species come for the summer, 86 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
14 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, European Turtle Dove and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from April to May and in September.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Семеен хотел Пеликан Бургасplace to stay · 5.1 km · 51 within 10 km
- Burgasnearest town · 7.1 km in a straight line
- Burgas Airport (BOJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 15 km in a straight lineCar hire at BOJ airport (Burgas)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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmТурситически Информационен Център
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmЛале Баир
- 64car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km
- 51places to stay within 10 kmСемеен хотел Пеликан Бургас, хотел Вега, Булаир and 48 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Poda Protected Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas6 mountains within 25 kmGora Chekiliyata · 5.5 kmGora Shiloto209 m · 5.9 kmGora Kabalytsite13 m · 16 kmGora Taukkese223 m · 17 kmGora Pazartepe50 m · 19 kmGora Mogilata46 m · 21 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.
Poda Protected Area
Bulgaria
- 89Birdyas Score
- 302Species
- 198Migrants
- 14Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q921492) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 79,586 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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