Ukraine bird sanctuary
Sokolovi Skeli Reserve
63 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Gvenda · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
1 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.59 species in April.24 species in May.14 species in June.16 species in July.2 species in August.1 species in September.1 species in October.1 species in November.0 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.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
63 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).
- 63Speciesrecorded more than once
- 10Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 752Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 1,380 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 9Raptors
- 1Owls
- 1Waders
- 45Songbirds
- 7Other 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 63 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Songbirds45 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Great titParus major
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
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.
- Jan-2°/-8°56 mm
- Feb0°/-7°51 mm
- Mar6°/-3°54 mm
- Apr13°/2°54 mm
- May18°/8°98 mm
- Jun21°/12°95 mm
- Jul24°/14°107 mm
- Aug24°/13°78 mm
- Sep18°/8°72 mm
- Oct12°/3°66 mm
- Nov6°/-1°58 mm
- Dec-1°/-6°59 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Sokolovi Skeli Reserve.
Ornithological reserve in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
Sokolovi Skeli Reserve is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine, 1,380 m above the sea.
63 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 752 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Common Buzzard and the Northern Raven.
9 species come for the summer, 1 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Voronins Houseplace to stay · 4.3 km · 9 within 10 km
- Turia Poliananearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Košice International Airport (KSC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 115 km in a straight lineCar hire at KSC airport (Košice)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 kmПолонина Руна (червоний маршрут), Люта - Лютянська Голиця - Лумшори (зелений маршрут), Blue mark (Zbyny - Voevodyn)
- 6viewpoints within 5 km
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 23campsites within 10 km
- 9places to stay within 10 kmVoronins House, Давір, Турбаза Полонина and 6 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Sokolovi Skeli Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas23 mountains within 25 kmRiwna · 1.4 kmHostra Hora · 7.8 kmPikui1,408 m · 16 km↗Pikuj1,408 m · 16 kmHora Krasyva1,036 m · 17 kmYavirnyk1,017 m · 21 kmOpołonek1,028 m · 24 kmPiniaszkowy960 m · 24 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmPikuiBortle 2 · 16 kmTranscarpathian Dark-Sky ParkBortle 2 · 24 km
Cascadyas4 waterfalls within 15 kmKholodnyi Dush Waterfall2 m · 2.4 kmVodospad Voyevodyna · 4.2 kmLumshory Waterfalls · 4.7 kmVoyevodyn waterfall6 m · 10 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.
Sokolovi Skeli Reserve
Ukraine
- 37Birdyas Score
- 63Species
- 10Migrants
- 0Threatened
Latorica Protected Landscape Area
Slovakia · 72 km
- 64Birdyas Score
- 138Species
- 79Migrants
- 3Threatened
Cholhynskyi ornithological preserve
Ukraine · 134 km
- 74Birdyas Score
- 184Species
- 132Migrants
- 5Threatened
Hortobágy National Park
Hungary · 180 km
- 88Birdyas Score
- 276Species
- 177Migrants
- 14Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q12154316) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 752 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 | Peakyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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