Ukraine bird sanctuary
Urochyshche Viazove Reserve
40 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Daria Inozemtseva · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.8 species in February.10 species in March.22 species in April.25 species in May.9 species in June.1 species in July.1 species in August.0 species in September.6 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
40 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).
- 40Speciesrecorded more than once
- 7Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 152Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 110 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 7Raptors
- 3Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 5Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 16Songbirds
- 3Other 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 40 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Waders3 species
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds2 species
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
Ducks & geese5 species
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes2 species
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds16 species
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great titParus major
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds3 species
- CootFulica atra
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
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.
- Jan-3°/-9°43 mm
- Feb-1°/-8°42 mm
- Mar6°/-3°42 mm
- Apr14°/4°41 mm
- May21°/10°67 mm
- Jun24°/14°73 mm
- Jul27°/16°64 mm
- Aug27°/15°50 mm
- Sep21°/10°48 mm
- Oct13°/4°50 mm
- Nov5°/-1°45 mm
- Dec-1°/-6°50 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Urochyshche Viazove Reserve.
Ornithological reserve in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Urochyshche Viazove Reserve is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine.
40 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 152 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Grey Heron and the White-tailed Eagle.
5 species come for the summer, 2 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- База відпочинку «Дубки»campsite · 8.4 km · 12 within 10 km
- Готель Околицяplace to stay · 1.0 km · 10 within 10 km
- Revnenearest town · 5.5 km in a straight line
- Gomel Airport (GME)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 253 km in a straight lineCar hire at KBP airport (Boryspil)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
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 12campsites within 10 kmБаза відпочинку «Дубки», База відпочинку "Трикотажниця", База відпочинку "Сосновий бір" and 9 more
- 10places to stay within 10 kmГотель Околиця, PLATIUM, База відпочинку "Сонячна галявина" and 7 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Urochyshche Viazove Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 kmFigures 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.
Urochyshche Viazove Reserve
Ukraine
- 33Birdyas Score
- 40Species
- 7Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q20095895) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 152 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 | Peakyas, 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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