Bulgaria · Dobrich
Durankulak Lake
287 species and 16,489 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 159 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Eurasian CootFulica atraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shablenska Tuzla Salt Lake13 km255 species
- Kaliakra Cape34 km251 species
- Techirghiol Lake40 km214 species
All 287 species recorded here
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Great Tit Parus major
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Durankulak Lake?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 159 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Durankulak Lake?
287 species, from 16,489 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Durankulak Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Western Marsh Harrier, Great Cormorant, Mute Swan and Greater White-fronted Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.