Belarus Ramsar wetland
Vydryca
29 bird species recorded; the most in August.
Zelyoniy.anton · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
17 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.23 species in August.0 species in September.0 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
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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
29 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).
- 29Speciesrecorded more than once
- 0Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 103Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 132 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 25Songbirds
- 4Other 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 29 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Songbirds25 species
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great titParus major
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
Other birds4 species
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
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 August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-4°/-10°49 mm
- Feb-2°/-9°44 mm
- Mar4°/-4°46 mm
- Apr12°/2°46 mm
- May19°/9°76 mm
- Jun23°/13°73 mm
- Jul26°/16°89 mm
- Aug26°/14°59 mm
- Sep20°/9°42 mm
- Oct11°/3°62 mm
- Nov4°/-1°51 mm
- Dec-2°/-7°50 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Vydryca.
Nature reserve in Belarus
Vydryca is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Belarus.
It is also an Important Bird Area (BirdLife).
29 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 103 open records.
The most recorded are the White-backed Woodpecker, the Collared Flycatcher and the Great Spotted Woodpecker.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Іскраplace to stay · 6.3 km · 6 within 10 km
- Svetlogorsknearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Gomel Airport (GME)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 94 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
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 6places to stay within 10 kmІскра, Дом паляўнічага, Санаторый «Сярэбраныя ключы» and 3 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
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 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 Vydryca.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 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.
Vydryca
Belarus
- 33Birdyas Score
- 29Species
- 0Migrants
- 0Threatened
Biarezinski Biosphere Reserve
Belarus · 242 km
- 60Birdyas Score
- 128Species
- 80Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4128877) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 103 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 | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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