Croatia · Grad Zagreb
Savica lakes – Zagreb
149 species and 6,165 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 70 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus51 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 149 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bundek Park3 km112 species
- Park Maksimir – Zagreb5 km98 species
- Zagreb – Jezero Jarun8 km115 species
- Zagreb – Retencija Blato10 km211 species
- Pisarovina fish pond26 km181 species
- Crna Mlaka Ornithological Reserve29 km177 species
All 149 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Savica lakes – Zagreb?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 70 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Savica lakes – Zagreb?
149 species, from 6,165 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Savica lakes – Zagreb in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Mallard, Eurasian Magpie, Great Cormorant and Eurasian Chaffinch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.