Georgia · Tbilisi
Ponichala Reserve
214 species and 19,709 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 125 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great TitParus major
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kumisi Reservoir8 km256 species
All 214 species recorded here
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ponichala Reserve?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 125 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ponichala Reserve?
214 species, from 19,709 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ponichala Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Magpie, European Green Woodpecker, Eurasian Jay, Hooded Crow and Great Tit.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.