Ukraine bird sanctuary
Yagorlitskiy Bay
63 bird species recorded; the most in August.
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This month here
27 species in January.17 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.55 species in August.0 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
63 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).
- 63Speciesrecorded more than once
- 7Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 511Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 3Raptors
- 19Waders
- 13Gulls & seabirds
- 17Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Other 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 63 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Waders19 species
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- RedshankTringa totanus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulls & seabirds13 species
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Ducks & geese17 species
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Storks & cranes1 species
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Other birds1 species
- CootFulica atra
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.
- Jan2°/-2°44 mm
- Feb3°/-2°36 mm
- Mar8°/2°34 mm
- Apr14°/7°28 mm
- May21°/14°43 mm
- Jun25°/19°48 mm
- Jul28°/21°40 mm
- Aug28°/21°25 mm
- Sep23°/16°35 mm
- Oct16°/10°40 mm
- Nov10°/5°36 mm
- Dec5°/0°36 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Yagorlitskiy Bay.
Ornithological reserve in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Yagorlitskiy Bay is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine.
63 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 511 open records.
The most recorded are the Mute Swan, the Whooper Swan and the Mallard.
0 species come for the summer, 7 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- Bratskenearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 232 km in a straight lineCar hire at ODS airport (Odesa)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
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Yagorlitskiy Bay
Ukraine
- 43Birdyas Score
- 63Species
- 7Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q20096216) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 511 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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