Hungary Ramsar wetland
Béda-Karapancsa
49 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Kalinka Tamás · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.4 species in April.6 species in May.33 species in June.20 species in July.9 species in August.26 species in September.8 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
49 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).
- 49Speciesrecorded more than once
- 16Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 206Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 108 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 3Raptors
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 7Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 23Songbirds
- 10Other 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 49 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- 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 June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-4°41 mm
- Feb6°/-3°46 mm
- Mar12°/1°43 mm
- Apr18°/6°42 mm
- May23°/11°75 mm
- Jun27°/16°76 mm
- Jul30°/18°61 mm
- Aug30°/17°58 mm
- Sep24°/12°62 mm
- Oct18°/7°56 mm
- Nov10°/2°46 mm
- Dec4°/-3°46 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Béda-Karapancsa.
Protected area in Hungary
Béda-Karapancsa is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Hungary.
49 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 206 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Heron, the Common Chiffchaff and the Barn swallow.
14 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Béda ökoházplace to stay · 1.5 km · 19 within 10 km
- Mohácsnearest town · 7.6 km in a straight line
- Pécs-Pogány International Airport (PEV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 40 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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmОсматрачница
- 1marked trails within 4 kmST315 Mohács - Hercegszántó
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTourinform Mohács
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 19places to stay within 10 kmBéda ökoház, Bédaökoház, Béda vadászház and 16 more
- bird hides 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 Béda-Karapancsa.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmCsalinahegy · 14 kmVár-hegy · 16 kmÖreg-hegy · 23 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmRiha-tó0.7 km² · 7.9 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Béda-Karapancsa
Hungary
- 38Birdyas Score
- 49Species
- 16Migrants
- 0Threatened
Upper Danube Valley Special Nature Reserve
Serbia · 24 km
- 54Birdyas Score
- 120Species
- 53Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q60183424) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 206 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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