Ukraine bird sanctuary
Zhornivskyi Reserve
84 bird species recorded; the most from April to May and in July.
Yupanka · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
20 species in January.5 species in February.1 species in March.48 species in April.47 species in May.23 species in June.51 species in July.29 species in August.2 species in September.0 species in October.10 species in November.13 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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No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
84 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).
- 84Speciesrecorded more than once
- 38Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 604Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 131 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 13Raptors
- 2Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 44Songbirds
- 17Other 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 84 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
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- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Great titParus major
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Other birds17 species
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- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European SwiftApus apus
- 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 from April to May and in July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-3°/-9°43 mm
- Feb-1°/-8°42 mm
- Mar6°/-3°44 mm
- Apr14°/3°41 mm
- May21°/10°68 mm
- Jun24°/14°74 mm
- Jul27°/16°67 mm
- Aug27°/15°52 mm
- Sep21°/10°49 mm
- Oct13°/3°49 mm
- Nov5°/-1°46 mm
- Dec-1°/-6°49 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Zhornivskyi Reserve.
Ornithological reserve in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Zhornivskyi Reserve is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine.
84 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 604 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Kite, the Skylark and the Common Buzzard.
26 species come for the summer, 11 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded from April to May and in July.
Get there and watch
- Музичанська Слободаplace to stay · 3.5 km · 8 within 10 km
- Kniazhychinearest town · 1.8 km in a straight line
- Gomel Airport (GME)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 254 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
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8places to stay within 10 kmМузичанська Слобода, FoRRest Apartment Zabrody, Равликова ферма "JIFFY" and 5 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
- car parks 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 Zhornivskyi Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmMain Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineBortle 7 · 28 kmAstronomical Observatory of Kyiv Shevchenko National UniversityBortle 5 · 29 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyIrpin River162 km↗Buchanka34 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.
Zhornivskyi Reserve
Ukraine
- 47Birdyas Score
- 84Species
- 38Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q16699347) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 604 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 | Darkskyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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