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Atanasovsko Lake – Migration Observation Point
237 species and 20,527 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 176 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great EgretArdea alba
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Atanasovsko Lake – North3 km242 species
- Atanasovsko Lake – Bird Hide Viewpoint3 km223 species
- Burgas Lake (Vaya) – East8 km220 species
- Pomorie Lake11 km239 species
- Pomorie Lake – Salt Museum Area12 km210 species
- Poda Protected Area13 km284 species
All 237 species recorded here
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Great Tit Parus major
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Atanasovsko Lake – Migration Observation Point?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 176 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Atanasovsko Lake – Migration Observation Point?
237 species, from 20,527 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Atanasovsko Lake – Migration Observation Point in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, Pygmy Cormorant, Common Shelduck and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.