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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 Krivokljuni Žalar, Kulik Sljepčić, Vlastelica, Modronoga Sabljarka, Oštrigar (rare so deep in the continent), Zlatar Pijukavac, Vivak, Kulik Blatarić, Kameničak (rare so deep in the continent), Pršljivac, Žalar Cirikavac, Mali Žalar, Šljuka Kokošica, Mala Prutka, Crnokrila Prutka, Krivokljuna Prutka, Prutka Migavica, Crvenonoga Prutka. Among the breeding Riječni Galeb, there are few pairs of Crnoglavi Galeb. Due to the closeness of the river Danube, terns on migration are diverse: Mala Čigra, Debelokljuna Čigra, Velika čigra, Crna Čigra, Bjelokrila Čigra and, in the breeding season, Bjelobrada Čigra.
Other species include Čaplja Govedarica and Žuta Čaplja, Škanjac osaš, Sirijski djetlić, Zelena žuna, Crna žuna, Rusi Svračak, Sivi Svračak (uncommon), Sivi Voljić, Žuti Voljić, Trstenjak Rogožar, Trstenjak Mlakar and Veliki Trstenjak.
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.