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Description
Bara Dvorina stretches along the left bank of the Sava River between the embankment near Donja Bebrina and the river itself. This pond with the surrounding floodplain is the last major wetland area in the vicinity of Slavonski Brod. Since there is no embankment along the Sava River here, the entire area of over 600 ha is often flooded all the way to the embankment south of Donja Bebrina. When the water recedes, the wet grasslands around the pond are used by the locals of Donja Bebrina and Klakara as pastures.
In the spring, this area has a very rare and beautiful scenery. The water surface, covered with European white and yellow water lilies, surrounded by a dark green belt of sedges and yellow iris, is embraced by pastures filled with horses, cows, pigs and geese. The following birds nest on the pond: Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Ferruginous Duck, Whiskered Tern, Common Tern, Water Rail and Great Reed Warbler. The surrounding wet grasslands are the nesting grounds of Northern Lapwing and Eurasian Skylark. In previous years, Corn Crake also nested there, but it has not been recorded lately. White Stork feed on the grasslands and nest in the surrounding villages. Other birds that are often observed are Golden Oriole, Red-backed Shrike, Common Nightingale, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Common Snipe.
Dvorina is the richest in bird species during spring and autumn migrations, and partly in winter. Then the water surface increases and, as long as it does not freezes over, large concentrations of wetland birds from all over Europe linger here. Various ducks, grebes, herons, storks, predators, gulls, terns, swallows and other songbirds and shorebirds rest and feed in Dvorina.
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Special ornithological reserve Bara Dvorina is located in the retention of the Sava River, near the village of Donja Bebrina, 18 km east of Slavonski Brod. The biggest attraction is the largest pond (1000 metres long) located in the heart of the reserve.