Ukraine bird sanctuary
Vasylyshyne
42 bird species recorded; the most in April.
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This month here
22 species in January.11 species in February.21 species in March.30 species in April.4 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.12 species in August.0 species in September.17 species in October.0 species in November.0 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
42 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).
- 42Speciesrecorded more than once
- 12Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 188Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 287 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 3Raptors
- 2Owls
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 27Songbirds
- 7Other 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 42 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
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- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls2 species
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- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes1 species
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- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds27 species
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- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great titParus major
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
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.
- Jan-1°/-8°33 mm
- Feb1°/-6°36 mm
- Mar8°/-2°44 mm
- Apr15°/4°48 mm
- May21°/10°75 mm
- Jun25°/14°96 mm
- Jul27°/16°90 mm
- Aug27°/15°63 mm
- Sep22°/10°50 mm
- Oct14°/4°50 mm
- Nov7°/0°39 mm
- Dec1°/-5°36 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Vasylyshyne.
Ornithological reserve in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine
Vasylyshyne is a bird sanctuary in Ukraine, 287 m above the sea.
42 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 188 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Nuthatch, the Common Buzzard and the Great tit.
1 species come for the summer, 11 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Места под палаткиcampsite · 7.0 km · 2 within 10 km
- Барон Гартенбергplace to stay · 6.8 km · 52 within 10 km
- Ridkivtsinearest town · 3.8 km in a straight line
- Suceava Ștefan cel Mare International Airport (SCV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 78 km in a straight lineCar hire at IFO airport (Ivano-Frankivsk)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
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmГора Кохання, Козацький пагорб
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmМеста под палатки
- 52places to stay within 10 kmБарон Гартенберг, Cisar, Корал and 49 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 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 Vasylyshyne.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmBerda · 11 kmGora Berda526 m · 11 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Vasylyshyne
Ukraine
- 35Birdyas Score
- 42Species
- 12Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q28706849) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 188 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 | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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