Albania Ramsar wetland
Lake Butrint
144 bird species recorded; the most from April to May and in September.
Inkey · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
59 species in January.32 species in February.75 species in March.83 species in April.90 species in May.56 species in June.70 species in July.66 species in August.87 species in September.69 species in October.45 species in November.34 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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VU
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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
144 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).
- 144Speciesrecorded more than once
- 74Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,821Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 1Owls
- 15Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 8Ducks & geese
- 17Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 65Songbirds
- 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 144 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
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Waders15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouanVU
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Ducks & geese8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds65 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Great titParus major
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Subalpine WarblerSylvia cantillans
- Sardinian WarblerSylvia melanocephala
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- 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 from April to May and in September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan9°/4°119 mm
- Feb10°/4°104 mm
- Mar14°/6°90 mm
- Apr17°/9°58 mm
- May22°/13°50 mm
- Jun28°/18°28 mm
- Jul32°/21°16 mm
- Aug31°/21°24 mm
- Sep26°/17°84 mm
- Oct21°/13°110 mm
- Nov16°/9°140 mm
- Dec11°/5°150 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Butrint.
Lake in Albania
Lake Butrint is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Albania.
144 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,821 open records.
The most recorded are the Yellow-legged Gull, the Great Cormorant and the Barn swallow.
47 species come for the summer, 22 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove, Grey Plover and Yelkouan Shearwater.
The most species are recorded from April to May and in September.
Get there and watch
- Neasden Camping With Tentscampsite · 2.0 km · 7 within 10 km
- Family suitesplace to stay · 2.3 km · 225 within 10 km
- Ksamilnearest town · 2.9 km in a straight line
- Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport (CFU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight lineCar hire at CFU airport (Kerkyra)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
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTourist info
- 9viewpoints within 5 km
- 19car parks within 3 km
- 93restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 7campsites within 10 kmNeasden Camping With Tents, Finns Camping Caravan 14€, Camping Gaci and 4 more
- 225places to stay within 10 kmFamily suites, Vila Abedini-Ksamil, Hotel Livia and 222 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Lake Butrint.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas53 mountains within 25 kmMali i Milës824 m · 5.9 kmMount Pantokrator906 m · 14 kmMal Khendel1,023 m · 20 kmMaja e Shendenikut1,572 m · 20 kmMali i Muzines1,069 m · 22 kmVertop1,503 m · 24 kmMali i Muzinës942 m · 24 kmMali i Nikollaqit1,430 m · 24 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmÓrmos Agíou Stefánou · 7.1 kmVath · 9.8 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmLake Butrint17 km² · 1.2 km↗Lake Bufi0.8 km² · 4.5 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmWell of Junia Rufina · 3.8 kmKonispol cave · 17 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyBistricë25 kmVivari Channel
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.
Lake Butrint
Albania
- 68Birdyas Score
- 144Species
- 74Migrants
- 5Threatened
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- 182Species
- 102Migrants
- 4Threatened
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- 78Birdyas Score
- 206Species
- 111Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q851050) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,821 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, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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