Hungary Ramsar wetland
Bodrogzug
137 bird species recorded; the most from May to June.
JezW · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
26 species in January.25 species in February.11 species in March.69 species in April.111 species in May.105 species in June.86 species in July.60 species in August.29 species in September.48 species in October.14 species in November.3 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.
NT
NT
VU
VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
137 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).
- 137Speciesrecorded more than once
- 78Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,921Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 94 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 13Raptors
- 4Owls
- 2Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 8Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 66Songbirds
- 26Other 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 137 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds66 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great titParus major
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- European SwiftApus apus
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 May to June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan1°/-6°35 mm
- Feb4°/-4°36 mm
- Mar11°/0°38 mm
- Apr18°/5°39 mm
- May22°/11°67 mm
- Jun26°/15°75 mm
- Jul29°/17°79 mm
- Aug29°/16°56 mm
- Sep23°/11°51 mm
- Oct16°/5°49 mm
- Nov9°/1°43 mm
- Dec2°/-4°43 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bodrogzug.
Protected area in Hungary
Bodrogzug is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Hungary.
137 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,921 open records.
The most recorded are the White Stork, the Common Buzzard and the Great White Egret.
65 species come for the summer, 11 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove, Eastern Imperial Eagle and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from May to June.
Get there and watch
- Tiszavirág Camping és Vendégházcampsite · 6.6 km · 11 within 10 km
- Anna Vendégházplace to stay · 4.5 km · 32 within 10 km
- Tokajnearest town · 7.4 km in a straight line
- Košice International Airport (KSC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 55 km in a straight lineCar hire at KSC airport (Košice)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 km
- 3marked trails within 4 kmP+ (Bodrogkeresztúr), Szent Erzsébet-út (Tarcal), Via Carpatica Vulcanica
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmLátogatóközpont
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 11campsites within 10 kmTiszavirág Camping és Vendégház, Tisza, Spori Sport and 8 more
- 32places to stay within 10 kmAnna Vendégház, Keresztúri vendégház, Puklus pincészet and 29 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- car parks within 3 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 Bodrogzug.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas20 mountains within 25 kmPoklos · 3.1 kmKopasz Hill, Tokaj512 m · 7.1 kmSzokolya · 13 kmSomos · 17 kmSas-halom · 19 kmSas-kút · 20 kmPipiske · 20 kmZabarla · 20 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmPap-tó0.7 km² · 9.9 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Bodrogzug
Hungary
- 64Birdyas Score
- 137Species
- 78Migrants
- 3Threatened
Latorica Protected Landscape Area
Slovakia · 51 km
- 64Birdyas Score
- 138Species
- 79Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q833128) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,921 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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