Ukraine Ramsar wetland
Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park
118 bird species recorded; the most in August.
Максим Яковлєв · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
32 species in January.1 species in February.40 species in March.6 species in April.60 species in May.15 species in June.6 species in July.98 species in August.18 species in September.14 species in October.0 species in November.4 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
118 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).
- 118Speciesrecorded more than once
- 32Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,113Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 2Owls
- 26Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 17Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 24Songbirds
- 13Other 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 118 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
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
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°/-4°39 mm
- Feb4°/-3°30 mm
- Mar10°/0°33 mm
- Apr16°/6°32 mm
- May23°/12°41 mm
- Jun28°/17°52 mm
- Jul31°/20°46 mm
- Aug31°/19°29 mm
- Sep24°/14°32 mm
- Oct17°/8°42 mm
- Nov10°/3°38 mm
- Dec4°/-2°38 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park.
National nature park in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ukraine.
118 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,113 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Shelduck, the Pontic gull and the Black-headed Gull.
23 species come for the summer, 8 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Red-breasted Goose and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- Tuzlynearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 151 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 Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
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.
Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park
Ukraine
- 62Birdyas Score
- 118Species
- 32Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q154678) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,113 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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