Ukraine Ramsar wetland
Kugurluy
93 bird species recorded; the most in August.
Maxim Gavrilyuk · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
31 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.33 species in April.13 species in May.33 species in June.8 species in July.72 species in August.49 species in September.0 species in October.1 species in November.1 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
93 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).
- 93Speciesrecorded more than once
- 29Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 636Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 4Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 9Ducks & geese
- 20Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 31Songbirds
- 13Other 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 93 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmeus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
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 August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-5°39 mm
- Feb5°/-4°29 mm
- Mar11°/0°33 mm
- Apr17°/6°36 mm
- May24°/12°44 mm
- Jun29°/17°56 mm
- Jul31°/19°49 mm
- Aug31°/19°29 mm
- Sep25°/13°37 mm
- Oct17°/7°47 mm
- Nov10°/2°38 mm
- Dec4°/-3°42 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kugurluy.
Lake in Ukraine
Kugurluy is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ukraine.
93 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 636 open records.
The most recorded are the Great White Egret, the Grey Heron and the Black-headed Gull.
24 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and Red-footed Falcon.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- Даалиplace to stay · 8.9 km · 2 within 10 km
- Nova Nekrasivkanearest town · 6.6 km in a straight line
- Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport (CND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 105 km in a straight lineCar hire at CND airport (Constanța)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
- 2places to stay within 10 kmДаали, Obreja
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 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 Kugurluy.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmDealul Niculițel · 20 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmLake KahulBortle 3 · 22 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.
Other places nearby.
Kugurluy
Ukraine
- 49Birdyas Score
- 93Species
- 29Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2392979) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 636 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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