Bulgaria · Burgas
Pomorie Lake
239 species and 11,512 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 131 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pomorie Lake – Salt Museum Area1 km210 species
- Atanasovsko Lake – Migration Observation Point11 km237 species
- Atanasovsko Lake – North13 km242 species
- Atanasovsko Lake – Bird Hide Viewpoint13 km223 species
- Burgas Lake (Vaya) – East17 km220 species
- Poda Protected Area19 km284 species
All 239 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pomorie Lake?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 131 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pomorie Lake?
239 species, from 11,512 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pomorie Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Yellow-legged Gull, Pygmy Cormorant and Western Marsh Harrier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.