Hungary Ramsar wetland
Velence and Dinnyés Nature Conservation Area
234 bird species recorded; the most in May and in August.
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This month here
76 species in January.93 species in February.107 species in March.139 species in April.163 species in May.142 species in June.145 species in July.165 species in August.140 species in September.139 species in October.104 species in November.95 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
234 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).
- 234Speciesrecorded more than once
- 144Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 11,473Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 102 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 20Raptors
- 6Owls
- 29Waders
- 18Gulls & seabirds
- 27Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 84Songbirds
- 29Other 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 234 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
Owls6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
Gulls & seabirds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common LoonGavia immer
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Ducks & geese27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- SmewMergellus albellus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds84 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Great titParus major
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
Other birds29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European SwiftApus apus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
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 and in August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°37 mm
- Feb5°/-3°41 mm
- Mar11°/1°39 mm
- Apr18°/6°34 mm
- May22°/11°63 mm
- Jun27°/16°67 mm
- Jul30°/18°62 mm
- Aug29°/17°60 mm
- Sep23°/12°58 mm
- Oct17°/6°50 mm
- Nov10°/2°42 mm
- Dec3°/-3°42 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Velence and Dinnyés Nature Conservation Area.
Velence and Dinnyés Nature Conservation Area is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Hungary.
234 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 11,473 open records.
The most recorded are the Greylag Goose, the Mallard and the Black-headed Gull.
92 species come for the summer, 50 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, European Turtle Dove and Red-footed Falcon.
The most species are recorded in May and in August.
Get there and watch
- Pákász Tanya Kempingcampsite · 4.1 km · 18 within 10 km
- Dinnyési Templomkert Hagyományőrző Központplace to stay · 1.8 km · 112 within 10 km
- Agárdnearest town · 4.4 km in a straight line
- Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 61 km in a straight lineCar hire at BUD airport (Budapest)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
- 2bird hides within 6 kmMadárvárta
- 7observation towers within 6 km
- 7marked trails within 4 kmZ (Kisfalud – Pátka), P+ (Pákózd – Dinnyés), Z (Seregélyes, Elzamajor – Seregélyes – Belsőbáránd) and 4 more
- 5viewpoints within 5 km
- 6car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 18campsites within 10 kmPákász Tanya Kemping, Park Strand Camping, Wild camping spot and 15 more
- 112places to stay within 10 kmDinnyési Templomkert Hagyományőrző Központ, Viking Hotel, Hotel Garden and 109 more
- 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 Velence and Dinnyés Nature Conservation Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas4 mountains within 25 kmKuruchalom · 8.0 kmÖreg-hegy · 8.8 kmSági-hegy · 9.9 kmCsillag · 14 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q60036044) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 11,473 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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