Serbia Ramsar wetland
Upper Danube Valley Special Nature Reserve
120 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Original uploader was sr:Корисник:Пајкмен at sr.wikipedia · Public domain
This month here
28 species in January.57 species in February.4 species in March.86 species in April.96 species in May.83 species in June.34 species in July.37 species in August.39 species in September.29 species in October.42 species in November.39 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.
VU
VU
VU
NT
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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
120 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).
- 120Speciesrecorded more than once
- 53Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,544Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 89 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 4Owls
- 4Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 8Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 60Songbirds
- 21Other 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 120 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds60 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CootFulica atra
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European SwiftApus apus
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.
- Jan3°/-4°41 mm
- Feb6°/-3°46 mm
- Mar12°/1°43 mm
- Apr18°/6°42 mm
- May23°/11°75 mm
- Jun27°/16°76 mm
- Jul30°/18°61 mm
- Aug30°/17°58 mm
- Sep24°/12°62 mm
- Oct18°/7°56 mm
- Nov10°/2°46 mm
- Dec4°/-3°46 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Upper Danube Valley Special Nature Reserve.
Protected area
Upper Danube Valley Special Nature Reserve is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Serbia.
120 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,544 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Chaffinch and the Great Spotted Woodpecker.
35 species come for the summer, 16 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Буџакcampsite · 5.2 km · 1 within 10 km
- Планинарски дом „Др Радивој Симоновић”place to stay · 4.8 km · 6 within 10 km
- Liberpolisnearest town · 3.8 km in a straight line
- Osijek Airport (OSI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 35 km in a straight lineCar hire at OSI airport (Osijek)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
- 3marked trails within 4 kmE7-03: Сомбор – Бач, ST317 Bezdan - Sombor, ST318 Sombor - Apatin
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmБуџак
- 6places to stay within 10 kmПланинарски дом „Др Радивој Симоновић”, Ловачка кућа Штрбац, Kod Ilone and 3 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks 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 Upper Danube Valley Special Nature Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmZat · 3.6 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.
Upper Danube Valley Special Nature Reserve
Serbia
- 54Birdyas Score
- 120Species
- 53Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q445028) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,544 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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