Croatia Ramsar wetland
Nature Park Vransko Lake
223 bird species recorded; the most in May and from August to September.
Harald Hetzner · CC0
This month here
49 species in January.49 species in February.80 species in March.156 species in April.179 species in May.113 species in June.125 species in July.167 species in August.166 species in September.123 species in October.101 species in November.60 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.
VU
VUVU
NT
VUNT
NTNT
NTNT
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
223 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).
- 223Speciesrecorded more than once
- 155Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 18,435Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 16Raptors
- 3Owls
- 31Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 15Ducks & geese
- 19Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 95Songbirds
- 25Other 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 223 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- RedshankTringa totanus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
Ducks & geese15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Herons, ibises & grebes19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmeus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds95 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great titParus major
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Sardinian WarblerSylvia melanocephala
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Subalpine WarblerSylvia cantillans
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
Other birds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graecaNT
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
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 May and from August to September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan8°/2°90 mm
- Feb9°/3°89 mm
- Mar13°/5°75 mm
- Apr17°/9°68 mm
- May22°/13°66 mm
- Jun27°/18°55 mm
- Jul30°/20°40 mm
- Aug30°/20°50 mm
- Sep24°/15°102 mm
- Oct19°/11°96 mm
- Nov14°/8°129 mm
- Dec10°/4°110 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nature Park Vransko Lake.
Nature park in the municipality of Pakoštane, Zadar County, Croatia
Nature Park Vransko Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Croatia.
223 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 18,435 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Egret, the Microcarbo pygmaeus and the Grey Heron.
104 species come for the summer, 46 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove, Grey Plover and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in May and from August to September.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Autocamp Paradisocampsite · 2.4 km · 52 within 10 km
- Stipeplace to stay · 2.4 km · 142 within 10 km
- Pakoštanenearest town · 5.4 km in a straight line
- Zadar Airport (ZAD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 29 km in a straight lineCar hire at ZAD airport (Zadar)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
- 4bird hides within 6 km
- 2observation towers within 6 km
- 4marked trails within 4 kmPoučna botanička staza, Poučna staza vidikovac Kamenjak, Rampart Trail and 1 more
- 6visitor centres within 6 kmKamenjak, Turistička zajednica, Reception and 3 more
- 7viewpoints within 5 kmVidikovac and 6 more
- 15car parks within 3 km
- 12restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 52campsites within 10 kmAutocamp Paradiso, Romantika, Autocamp and 49 more
- 142places to stay within 10 kmStipe, Villa Julia, Prišnjak and 139 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Nature Park Vransko Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas12 mountains within 25 kmVeliki Bak · 6.5 kmCeranje · 9.7 kmPetrim · 11 kmCrni Krug · 16 kmZaglav · 17 kmMali Tucanj · 18 kmDebelo brdo340 m · 23 kmMetlina237 m · 24 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.
Nature Park Vransko Lake
Croatia
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 155Migrants
- 6Threatened
Hutovo Blato Nature park
Bosnia and Herzegovina · 199 km
- 73Birdyas Score
- 190Species
- 101Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q12639312) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 18,435 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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