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Description
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 Δρεπανοσκαλίδρα, Ποταμοσφυριχτής, Καλαμοκανάς, (Ευρωπαϊκή) Αβοκέτα, (Ευρωπαϊκός) Στρειδοφάγος (rare so deep in the continent), Αργυροπούλι, (Ευρωπαϊκή) Καλημάνα, Αμμοσφυριχτής, Χαλικοκυλιστής (rare so deep in the continent), Μαχητής, Λασποσκαλίδρα, (Κοινή) Νανοσκαλίδρα, (Κοινό) Μπεκατσίνι, Ακτίτης, Δασότρυγγας, Πρασινοσκέλης, Λασπότρυγγας, Κοκκινοσκέλης. Among the breeding Καστανοκέφαλος Γλάρος, there are few pairs of Μαυροκέφαλος Γλάρος. Due to the closeness of the river Danube, terns on migration are diverse: (Ευρωπαϊκό) Νανογλάρονο, Γελογλάρονο, Καρατζάς, Μαυρογλάρονο, Αργυρογλάρονο and, in the breeding season, Μουστακογλάρονο.
Other species include Γελαδάρης and (Ξανθός) Κρυπτοτσικνιάς, (Ευρωπαϊκός) Σφηκιάρης, Βαλκανικός Δρυοκολάπτης, Πράσινος Δρυοκολάπτης, Μαύρος Δρυοκολάπτης, Αετομάχος, Σταχτοκεφαλάς (uncommon), Ωχροστριτσίδα, Κιτρινοστριτσίδα, Σχοινοποταμίδα, Βαλτοποταμίδα and Τσιχλοποταμίδα.
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.