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Dushanbe Water Treatment Impoundments

Dushanbe  >  Tajikistan

One of the birdiest places in Tajikistan. The sewage lagoons and riverbed attract many birds.

Ajouté* par Philip Steiner
Dernière actualisation 18 mai 2023
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Description

Birding at the Dushanbe Water Treatment Impoundments is an experience. Open skies with mountains in the distance. The Kofarnihon River below and aromatic sewage lagoons. Local herdsmen watching their sheep, goats, and cattle graze on the dikes. Trucks hauling gravel along the outer road...and the birding is rewarding. Water levels in the impoundments change, sometimes there are mudflats, other times shorebirds are restricted to grassy edges. The area attracts shorebirds, gulls (winter), terns (spring), and raptors. Among the birds you can encounter are Black-winged Stilt, Ruff, Common Snipe, Temminck's Stint, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Egyptian Vulture, Western Marsh Harrier, Black Kite, Crested Lark, Citrine Wagtail, White Wagtail, Western Yellow Wagtail, Red-throated Pipit, Water Pipit, Pied Bushchat and Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.

Détails

Accès

If you have your own car, drive. Otherwise, you can take a taxi. Public transportation can get you within a kilometer or two: marshrutka #88 goes nearest. If you take a taxi, either keep it for the entire time you're birding or prepare for a long walk to the nearest place where you'll be able to find another car for hire. Cycling would work well. The roads are gravel/dirt/dust. The well-traveled ones are very dusty (muddy after rain). It's nicest to stay on the two central dikes that run lengthwise along the whole 2 km length of the hotspot. In 2022 and 2023, the most productive areas for shorebirds were usually the southernmost pools.

Terrain et Habitat

Arbres et buissons disséminés , Zone humide , Vasières

Conditions

Plat , Poussiéreux , Sec , Pas d'ombre

Boucle

Oui

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Peut être utile

Saison idéale pour observer

Toute l'année

Meilleure période pour une visite

Migration printanière , Migration automnale

Itinéraire

Sentier large , Sentier étroit

Niveau de difficulté de l'itinéraire

Facile

Accessible via

A pied

Observatoire/hutte d'observation

Non

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