Ukraine bird sanctuary
Tylihulsky Peresyp
203 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Yuriy Kvach · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
26 species in January.11 species in February.74 species in March.94 species in April.152 species in May.68 species in June.91 species in July.127 species in August.135 species in September.54 species in October.60 species in November.7 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
203 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).
- 203Speciesrecorded more than once
- 134Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 9ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 11,422Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 16Raptors
- 3Owls
- 37Waders
- 23Gulls & seabirds
- 19Ducks & geese
- 17Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 65Songbirds
- 19Other 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 203 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Gulls & seabirds23 species
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- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouanVU
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese19 species
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- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds65 species
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- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Black-headed wagtailMotacilla feldegg
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great titParus major
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Other birds19 species
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- CootFulica atra
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
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.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-2°49 mm
- Feb3°/-1°39 mm
- Mar7°/2°36 mm
- Apr13°/7°29 mm
- May20°/14°43 mm
- Jun25°/19°50 mm
- Jul28°/21°39 mm
- Aug28°/21°26 mm
- Sep22°/16°37 mm
- Oct16°/10°42 mm
- Nov10°/6°39 mm
- Dec4°/1°39 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Tylihulsky Peresyp.
Ornithological reserve in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
Tylihulsky Peresyp is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine.
203 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 11,422 open records.
The most recorded are the Dunlin, the Ruff and the Curlew Sandpiper.
94 species come for the summer, 29 for the winter and 11 only pass through.
9 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Кемпінгcampsite · 1.4 km · 14 within 10 km
- Меліораторplace to stay · 2.0 km · 119 within 10 km
- Koblevenearest town · 4.1 km in a straight line
- Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 174 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
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmПанорамний вид
- 80car parks within 3 km
- 23restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 14campsites within 10 kmКемпінг, Море, Кемпінг „Альянс“ and 11 more
- 119places to stay within 10 kmМеліоратор, Ассоль, Вінниця and 116 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Tylihulsky Peresyp.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmKryzhanivka ObservatoryBortle 6 · 29 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.
Tylihulsky Peresyp
Ukraine
- 83Birdyas Score
- 203Species
- 134Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4457247) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 11,422 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 | 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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