Ukraine bird sanctuary
Strilka Split
83 bird species recorded; the most in May and in August.
Мокрицький Павло · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.1 species in April.62 species in May.0 species in June.21 species in July.61 species in August.38 species in September.1 species in October.0 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.
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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
83 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).
- 83Speciesrecorded more than once
- 33Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 410Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 4Raptors
- 17Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 6Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 29Songbirds
- 11Other 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 83 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Waders17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- CootFulica atra
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- European SwiftApus apus
- 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 May and in August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan0°/-6°45 mm
- Feb3°/-5°36 mm
- Mar9°/-1°35 mm
- Apr16°/4°28 mm
- May23°/11°46 mm
- Jun28°/16°56 mm
- Jul31°/19°44 mm
- Aug31°/18°28 mm
- Sep24°/12°36 mm
- Oct16°/6°40 mm
- Nov9°/1°37 mm
- Dec3°/-4°36 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Strilka Split.
Ornithological reserve in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
Strilka Split is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine.
83 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 410 open records.
The most recorded are the Kentish Plover, the Common Shelduck and the Ruff.
31 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in May and in August.
Get there and watch
- Kurisovenearest town · 5.3 km in a straight line
- Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 157 km in a straight lineCar hire at ODS airport (Odesa)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
- 9campsites within 10 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay 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 Strilka Split.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Riveryasthe river nearbyBalai52 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.
Strilka Split
Ukraine
- 48Birdyas Score
- 83Species
- 33Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4443664) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 410 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 | Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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