Croatia · Grad Zagreb
Zagreb – Retencija Blato
211 species and 23,726 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and September–October, with up to 108 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
RookCorvus frugilegus87 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 211 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Zagreb – Jezero Jarun3 km115 species
- Bundek Park8 km112 species
- Savica lakes – Zagreb10 km149 species
- Park Maksimir – Zagreb12 km98 species
- Crna Mlaka Ornithological Reserve22 km177 species
- Pisarovina fish pond22 km181 species
All 211 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Tit Parus major
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zagreb – Retencija Blato?
April and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 108 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zagreb – Retencija Blato?
211 species, from 23,726 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zagreb – Retencija Blato in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Coot, Mallard, Great Cormorant and Mute Swan.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.