Bulgaria · Burgas
Pomorie Lake – Salt Museum Area
210 species and 10,982 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 109 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pomorie Lake1 km239 species
- Atanasovsko Lake – Migration Observation Point12 km237 species
- Atanasovsko Lake – North13 km242 species
- Atanasovsko Lake – Bird Hide Viewpoint14 km223 species
- Burgas Lake (Vaya) – East17 km220 species
- Poda Protected Area19 km284 species
All 210 species recorded here
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Great Tit Parus major
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pomorie Lake – Salt Museum Area?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 109 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pomorie Lake – Salt Museum Area?
210 species, from 10,982 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pomorie Lake – Salt Museum Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Pygmy Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Yellow-legged Gull and Black-headed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.