Ukraine bird sanctuary
Ponyzzya Tylygul estuary
137 bird species recorded; the most in May and from August to September.
Krasnickaja Katya · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
11 species in January.0 species in February.18 species in March.50 species in April.96 species in May.37 species in June.47 species in July.92 species in August.96 species in September.35 species in October.21 species in November.2 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
137 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).
- 137Speciesrecorded more than once
- 86Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 7,307Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 10Raptors
- 1Owls
- 28Waders
- 15Gulls & seabirds
- 12Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 42Songbirds
- 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 137 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
Gulls & seabirds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Ducks & geese12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds42 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Great titParus major
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
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.
- Jan2°/-2°49 mm
- Feb3°/-1°39 mm
- Mar7°/2°36 mm
- Apr13°/7°29 mm
- May20°/14°43 mm
- Jun25°/19°50 mm
- Jul28°/21°39 mm
- Aug28°/21°26 mm
- Sep22°/16°37 mm
- Oct16°/10°42 mm
- Nov10°/6°39 mm
- Dec4°/1°39 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ponyzzya Tylygul estuary.
Ornitological Nature Reserve
Ponyzzya Tylygul estuary is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine.
137 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,307 open records.
The most recorded are the Dunlin, the Ruff and the Curlew Sandpiper.
73 species come for the summer, 9 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in May and from August to September.
Get there and watch
- Кемпінг „Альянс“campsite · 1.6 km · 13 within 10 km
- Зоряplace to stay · 1.4 km · 114 within 10 km
- Koblevenearest town · 5.1 km in a straight line
- Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 179 km in a straight lineCar hire at ODS airport (Odesa)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
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 55car parks within 3 km
- 30restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 13campsites within 10 kmКемпінг „Альянс“, Кемпінг „Сосновий бір“, Пляж-кемпінг "Лугове Beach" and 10 more
- 114places to stay within 10 kmЗоря, Лотос, Пурпурові вітрила and 111 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Ponyzzya Tylygul estuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmTylihul Estuary134 km² · 8.3 km↗Solonets-Tuzly6.0 km² · 12 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.
Ponyzzya Tylygul estuary
Ukraine
- 71Birdyas Score
- 137Species
- 86Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q124606064) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 7,307 open bird records within 4 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 | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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