Ukraine / Russia Ramsar wetland
Syvash Bay
116 bird species recorded; the most in August.
Волков Сергей · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
52 species in January.8 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.9 species in May.2 species in June.1 species in July.97 species in August.1 species in September.18 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
116 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).
- 116Speciesrecorded more than once
- 9Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 752Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 2Owls
- 31Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 16Songbirds
- 8Other 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 116 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common GullLarus canus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Great titParus major
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Great bustardOtis tarda
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
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 August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-3°41 mm
- Feb4°/-2°31 mm
- Mar9°/2°31 mm
- Apr15°/7°28 mm
- May22°/14°40 mm
- Jun27°/19°46 mm
- Jul30°/22°34 mm
- Aug29°/21°30 mm
- Sep23°/16°34 mm
- Oct16°/9°38 mm
- Nov9°/4°36 mm
- Dec4°/-1°36 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Syvash Bay.
Bay of the Sea of Azov
Syvash Bay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ukraine.
116 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 752 open records.
The most recorded are the Great Cormorant, the Common Shelduck and the Ruff.
2 species come for the summer, 7 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Grey Plover and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- Yasnopolyanskoyenearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 332 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
- 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
- campsites within 10 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 Syvash Bay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmSyvash Bay469 km² · 7.3 km↗Pusurman0.5 km² · 13 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Syvash Bay
Ukraine
- 57Birdyas Score
- 116Species
- 9Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1130771) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 752 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 | Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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