Bosnia and Herzegovina Ramsar wetland
Bardača
41 bird species recorded; the most in September.
Selakovic Dejan · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.19 species in April.11 species in May.3 species in June.0 species in July.9 species in August.27 species in September.24 species in October.0 species in November.14 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
41 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).
- 41Speciesrecorded more than once
- 16Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 172Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 88 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 1Owls
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 17Songbirds
- 8Other 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 41 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Owls1 species
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Gulls & seabirds2 species
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Ducks & geese4 species
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Songbirds17 species
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great titParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds8 species
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
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 September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan4°/-4°60 mm
- Feb6°/-3°59 mm
- Mar11°/1°62 mm
- Apr17°/6°66 mm
- May22°/10°90 mm
- Jun26°/14°85 mm
- Jul29°/17°66 mm
- Aug30°/16°67 mm
- Sep23°/11°87 mm
- Oct18°/6°74 mm
- Nov11°/2°72 mm
- Dec5°/-2°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bardača.
RAMSAR Wetland protected area, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bardača is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It is also an Important Bird Area (BirdLife).
41 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 172 open records.
The most recorded are the Mute Swan, the Grey Heron and the Common Buzzard.
13 species come for the summer, 2 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in September.

Get there and watch
- Motel Bardačaplace to stay · 1.6 km · 3 within 10 km
- Davornearest town · 5.2 km in a straight line
- Banja Luka International Airport (BNX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight lineCar hire at OSI airport (Osijek)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
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3places to stay within 10 kmMotel Bardača, Мотел ХРАСТ, LANTerna Boutique Hotel
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Bardača.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
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.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q108146921) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 172 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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