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Hungary Hungary Ramsar wetland

Gemenc

65 bird species recorded; the most in April.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec50at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

Elekes Andor · CC BY-SA 4.0

This month here

0 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.

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

65 species, counted.

43out 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).

  • 65Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 23Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 316Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 101 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 7Raptors
  • 1Waders
  • 3Gulls & seabirds
  • 5Ducks & geese
  • 5Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 2Storks & cranes
  • 31Songbirds
  • 11Other 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 65 species.

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

Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
  • Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
  • White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
  • Common BuzzardButeo buteo
  • Red KiteMilvus milvus
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
  • Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
Ducks & geese5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Mute SwanCygnus olor
  • Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
  • Eurasian TealAnas crecca
  • GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Little EgretEgretta garzetta
  • Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black storkCiconia nigra
  • White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
  • Great titParus major
  • Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
  • Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
  • BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
  • Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
  • Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  • Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  • Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
  • Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
  • European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  • European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  • Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
  • YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
  • European SerinSerinus serinus
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
  • Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
  • Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
  • Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
  • Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • RookCorvus frugilegus
  • Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
  • Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
  • White WagtailMotacilla alba
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  • Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  • Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  • Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
  • Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
  • Common CuckooCuculus canorus
  • Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor

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 April.

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

  1. Jan03°/-4°38 mm
  2. Feb05°/-3°44 mm
  3. Mar111°/1°40 mm
  4. Apr5018°/6°37 mm
  5. May3222°/11°68 mm
  6. Jun1627°/15°71 mm
  7. Jul2430°/17°61 mm
  8. Aug830°/17°59 mm
  9. Sep2423°/12°62 mm
  10. Oct017°/6°54 mm
  11. Nov1210°/2°44 mm
  12. Dec04°/-3°44 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Gemenc.

Forest in Hungary

Gemenc is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Hungary.

65 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 316 open records.

The most recorded are the Grey Heron, the Black Kite and the Hooded Crow.

22 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 1 only pass through.

1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.

The most species are recorded in April.

Gemenc forest (10)
Elekes Andor · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and watch

  • Sátorhely vízitúrázóknakcampsite · 9.1 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Sziget Hotel Veránkaplace to stay · 1.9 km · 31 within 10 km
  • Érsekcsanádnearest town · 7.5 km in a straight line
  • Pécs-Pogány International Airport (PEV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 58 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.

Gemenc 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

  • 2observation towers within 6 kmMalomtelelő, Vadmegfigyelő
  • 7marked trails within 4 kmAlföldi Kéktúra (Sátoraljaújhely – Dévaványa – Szekszárd), Magyar Zarándokút (alternatív szakasz: Fajsz–Baja–Bátaszék–Ófalu), K+ (Molnárka-tanösvény) and 4 more
  • 1viewpoints within 5 kmMalomtelelő
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmSátorhely vízitúrázóknak, Napsugár Szálló
  • 31places to stay within 10 kmSziget Hotel Veránka, Bárka pihenőház, Fekete Gólya Pihenőház and 28 more
  • bird hides within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Gemenc.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas10 mountains within 25 km
Nagyhegy · 5.0 kmAranydomb · 17 kmÖreg-hegy · 18 kmElő-hegy · 19 kmBottyán-hegy · 19 kmSzivárványos-hegy · 20 kmÖreg-Petre-hegy · 20 kmVár-hegy · 21 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.

Gemenc forest (11)
Elekes Andor · CC BY-SA 4.0

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  • 43Birdyas Score
  • 65Species
  • 23Migrants
  • 1Threatened

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  • 120Migrants
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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q5530607) · CC0
Birds316 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

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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