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While the sugar plant between Kovin and the Danube, about 50 km east of Belgrade, is closed, the triangular ponds are nowadays filled up by the pet food factory effluents, and can be quite smelly. Yet, being next to the Danube floodzone, the area is rich in wildlife and has more natural feel about it.
Local waders include jespák křivozobý, kulík říční, pisila čáponohá, tenkozobec opačný, ústřičník velký (rare so deep in the continent), kulík bledý, čejka chocholatá, kulík písečný, kamenáček pestrý (rare so deep in the continent), jespák bojovný, jespák obecný, jespák malý, bekasina otavní, pisík obecný, vodouš kropenatý, vodouš šedý, vodouš bahenní, vodouš rudonohý. Among the breeding racek chechtavý, there are few pairs of racek černohlavý. Due to the closeness of the river Danube, terns on migration are diverse: rybák malý, rybák černozobý, rybák velkozobý, rybák černý, rybák bělokřídlý and, in the breeding season, rybák bahenní.
Other species include volavka rusohlavá and volavka vlasatá, včelojed lesní, strakapoud jižní, žluna zelená, datel černý, ťuhýk obecný, ťuhýk menší (uncommon), sedmihlásek šedý, sedmihlásek hajní, rákosník proužkovaný, rákosník zpěvný and rákosník velký.
Photo (2) by Aleksandar Urosevic
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Access
While an asphalt road passes next to the pond, the turn-off is somewhat unusual and I marked it as a route on the map. If you reach the ponds by car, park at the beginning of the route (driving along the levee is prohibited and the barrier is often closed and locked). For driving directions, zoom in on the map and click on the "P" (parking) sign.