Bulgaria · Sofia City
Negovan Lake and Quarry
198 species and 9,158 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 91 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great TitParus majorSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mramor Reservoir11 km211 species
- South Park13 km122 species
- Boyana Marsh17 km131 species
- Pancharevo Lake and Fishponds20 km157 species
- Aldomirovsko Marsh35 km190 species
- Dragomansko Marsh41 km201 species
All 198 species recorded here
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Tit Parus major
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Negovan Lake and Quarry?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 91 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Negovan Lake and Quarry?
198 species, from 9,158 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Negovan Lake and Quarry in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Coot, Mallard, Eurasian Magpie, Great Cormorant and Eurasian Collared Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.