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Drużno

159 bird species recorded; the most from July to August.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec117at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

Zielonooki · CC BY-SA 4.0

This month here

5 species in January.

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.

Western Jackdaw
Western JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorDarkone · CC BY-SA 2.5
Rook
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorKim Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
Rock Dove
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorwilliam_stephens · CC BY 4.0
Redwing
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Barn swallow
Barn swallowHirundo rusticaResidentAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

159 species, counted.

69out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 159Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 98Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 2,834Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 12Raptors
  • 1Owls
  • 9Waders
  • 12Gulls & seabirds
  • 24Ducks & geese
  • 9Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 2Storks & cranes
  • 68Songbirds
  • 22Other 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 159 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
  • Common BuzzardButeo buteo
  • Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
  • Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
  • Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
  • Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
  • Red KiteMilvus milvus
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
  • Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
  • Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
  • Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
  • Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
  • Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  • RuffCalidris pugnax
  • European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
  • RedshankTringa totanus
  • Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Black TernChlidonias niger
  • Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
  • Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
  • Common TernSterna hirundo
  • Common GullLarus canus
  • European Herring GullLarus argentatus
  • Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
  • Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
  • Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
  • Little TernSternula albifrons
  • White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Ducks & geese24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Mute SwanCygnus olor
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Greylag GooseAnser anser
  • GadwallMareca strepera
  • Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
  • Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
  • Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
  • Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
  • Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
  • GarganeySpatula querquedula
  • GoosanderMergus merganser
  • Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
  • Eurasian TealAnas crecca
  • SmewMergellus albellus
  • Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
  • Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
  • Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
  • Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
  • Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
  • Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
  • Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
  • Northern PintailAnas acuta
  • Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
  • Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
  • Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
  • Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
  • Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
  • Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common CraneGrus grus
  • White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds68 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  • Great titParus major
  • Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
  • Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
  • Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
  • YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
  • Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
  • Eurasian MagpiePica pica
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  • Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
  • Western JackdawColoeus monedula
  • Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
  • Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
  • BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
  • European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  • Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
  • European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  • White WagtailMotacilla alba
  • Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
  • Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
  • SkylarkAlauda arvensis
  • Sand MartinRiparia riparia
  • Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
  • Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
  • RookCorvus frugilegus
  • Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
  • Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
  • Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
  • Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  • Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
  • Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
  • European RobinErithacus rubecula
  • BluethroatLuscinia svecica
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
  • Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
  • Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
  • Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
  • Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
  • FieldfareTurdus pilaris
  • Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
  • Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
  • WhitethroatSylvia communis
  • Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
  • Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
  • Garden WarblerSylvia borin
  • Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
  • WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
  • Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
  • Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
  • Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
  • RedwingTurdus iliacus
  • European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
  • Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
  • Marsh TitPoecile palustris
  • Willow TitPoecile montanus
  • GoldcrestRegulus regulus
  • European SerinSerinus serinus
  • BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
  • DunnockPrunella modularis
  • Siberian ThrushGeokichla sibirica
  • Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  • CootFulica atra
  • Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  • Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  • Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  • Common CuckooCuculus canorus
  • Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
  • Stock DoveColumba oenas
  • Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
  • Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
  • Porzana parvaPorzana parva
  • European Water RailRallus aquaticus
  • Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
  • Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
  • WryneckJynx torquilla
  • Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
  • Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
  • Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
  • 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 July to August.

Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.

  1. Jan5-1°/-6°52 mm
  2. Feb601°/-5°39 mm
  3. Mar766°/-2°43 mm
  4. Apr4713°/2°39 mm
  5. May9718°/8°64 mm
  6. Jun10322°/11°67 mm
  7. Jul11524°/14°87 mm
  8. Aug11724°/14°69 mm
  9. Sep2219°/9°56 mm
  10. Oct1212°/4°59 mm
  11. Nov136°/1°58 mm
  12. Dec281°/-3°57 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Drużno.

Lake in Poland

Drużno is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Poland.

159 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,834 open records.

The most recorded are the Black-headed Gull, the Mute Swan and the Mallard.

68 species come for the summer, 27 for the winter and 3 only pass through.

3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Red-breasted Goose and Lesser white-fronted goose.

The most species are recorded from July to August.

Druzno
Zielonooki · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and watch

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.

Drużno seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1observation towers within 6 km
  • 1marked trails within 4 kmSzlak Świętego Wojciecha
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmCentrum Informacji Turystycznej
  • 2viewpoints within 5 km
  • 16car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmCamping nr 61
  • 32places to stay within 10 kmWiatrak, Domino, Gemini Dom and 29 more
  • bird hides within 6 km
  • restaurants and cafés 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 Drużno.

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.

Other places nearby.

Drużno

Poland

  • 69Birdyas Score
  • 159Species
  • 98Migrants
  • 3Threatened

Słowiński National Park

Poland · 155 km

  • 79Birdyas Score
  • 179Species
  • 103Migrants
  • 7Threatened

See the guide

Nemunas Delta

Lithuania · 181 km

  • 87Birdyas Score
  • 249Species
  • 177Migrants
  • 13Threatened

See the guide

Rybachy Biological Station

Russia · 147 km

  • 67Birdyas Score
  • 140Species
  • 88Migrants
  • 3Threatened

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1255924) · CC0
Birds2,834 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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