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Sugar Plant Ponds near Kovin

Vojvodina Province  >  Serbia

This shorebird site is worthy of a detour if you are heading farther east towards Hatarica and Dubovacki rit, and the Deliblato Sands Reserve.

Ajouté* par Dragan Simic
Dernière actualisation 26 septembre 2024

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 Bécasseau cocorli, Petit Gravelot, Échasse blanche, Avocette élégante, Huîtrier pie (rare so deep in the continent), Pluvier argenté, Vanneau huppé, Grand Gravelot, Tournepierre à collier (rare so deep in the continent), Combattant varié, Bécasseau variable, Bécasseau minute, Bécassine des marais, Chevalier guignette, Chevalier culblanc, Chevalier aboyeur, Chevalier sylvain, Chevalier gambette. Among the breeding Mouette rieuse, there are few pairs of Mouette mélanocéphale. Due to the closeness of the river Danube, terns on migration are diverse: Sterne naine, Sterne hansel, Sterne caspienne, Guifette noire, Guifette leucoptère and, in the breeding season, Guifette moustac.

Other species include Héron garde-boeufs and Crabier chevelu, Bondrée apivore, Pic syriaque, Pic vert, Pic noir, Pie-grièche écorcheur, Pie-grièche à poitrine rose (uncommon), Hypolaïs pâle, Hypolaïs ictérine, Phragmite des joncs, Rousserolle verderolle and Rousserolle turdoïde.

Photo (2) by Aleksandar Urosevic

Détails

Accès

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.

Terrain et Habitat

Forêt , Zone humide , Plaine , Vasières , Prairie , Agriculture

Conditions

Plat

Boucle

Non

Avez-vous besoin d'une longue-vue?

Oui

Saison idéale pour observer

Printemps , Eté

Meilleure période pour une visite

Printemps , Migration printanière , Migration automnale

Itinéraire

Sentier large , Route non pavée

Niveau de difficulté de l'itinéraire

Facile

Accessible via

A pied , Vélo , Voiture

Observatoire/hutte d'observation

Non

Liens

Voir les sites d'observation voisins publiés sur Birdingplaces

Carte

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