Moldova Ramsar wetland
Unguri–Holoșnița
60 bird species recorded; the most in January.
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This month here
60 species in January.1 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.2 species in July.3 species in August.1 species in September.0 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
60 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).
- 60Speciesrecorded more than once
- 0Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 570Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 67 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 1Waders
- 12Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 26Songbirds
- 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 60 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Waders1 species
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Ducks & geese12 species
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SmewMergellus albellus
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Songbirds26 species
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great titParus major
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds11 species
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- CootFulica atra
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
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 January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-8°36 mm
- Feb0°/-7°37 mm
- Mar7°/-3°40 mm
- Apr15°/3°43 mm
- May21°/10°62 mm
- Jun25°/14°78 mm
- Jul28°/16°75 mm
- Aug28°/15°48 mm
- Sep22°/10°47 mm
- Oct14°/4°44 mm
- Nov6°/-1°40 mm
- Dec0°/-6°35 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Unguri–Holoșnița.
Ramsar site in Moldova, no. 1500 in the Ramsar list
Unguri–Holoșnița is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Moldova.
60 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 570 open records.
The most recorded are the Mute Swan, the Great White Egret and the Great Cormorant.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in January.
Get there and watch
- Loc de Campingcampsite · 0.7 km · 3 within 10 km
- Bronnytsianearest town · 5.3 km in a straight line
- Iaşi International Airport (IAS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 132 km in a straight lineCar hire at IAS airport (Iaşi)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 km
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmLoc de Camping, Loc de campare în natură, Children's sanitarium
- 1places to stay within 10 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Unguri–Holoșnița.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Unguri–Holoșnița
Moldova
- 38Birdyas Score
- 60Species
- 0Migrants
- 1Threatened
Dnister Regional Landscape Park
Ukraine · 13 km
- 35Birdyas Score
- 43Species
- 6Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q28913000) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 570 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 | Peakyas, Darkskyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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