Bird AlbumMoldova · Cahul District
Manta Lake and fish ponds
137 species and 1,916 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and April, with up to 63 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lacul Beleu26 km171 species
- Beleu Lake28 km159 species
- Taraclia lake36 km110 species
- Taraclia lake – Svetlîi village36 km115 species
- Taraclia Lakes37 km120 species
- Besalma52 km142 species
All 137 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Tit Parus major
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Manta Lake and fish ponds?
January and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 63 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Manta Lake and fish ponds?
137 species, from 1,916 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.