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Description
In Tara Mountain National Park 80% of the area is covered by forest, 85% of it consisting of Norway Spruce, Silver Fir and the European Beech. Altitude ranges from medium 1000 m up to the 1591 m high Kozji Rid peak.
There are 140 bird species recorded within the national park, 96 of them breeding in recent years. Among the reasonably frequent in the right habitat (= possible and, with some focused effort, realistic) to even common species are лештарка (beech and mixed forests), крекс (larger meadows), Уралска утва (with over 70 territories, the commonest owl in the park’s mixed forests), сивоглав клукајдрвец (mixed forests), зелен клукајдрвец (forest edges) and црн клукајдрвец (all forests), Лешникарка (conifer and mixed forests), елова сипка, цуцулеста сипка, планинска сипка, голема црноглава сипка, жолтоглаво кралче, црвеноглаво кралче, имелов дрозд, зимовка, жолтарче and Крстоклун. Also, breeding белограден ќос and шумска шљука. The rarest species are црвеногушесто муварче, белогрб клукајдрвец , Планински кукумјавка and шумска кукумјавка.
Some of the mammalian highlights of the national park are brown bear (relatively numerous, but rarely seen), chamois (frequent), roe deer (common), wildcat, European pine marten, and Eurasian otter.
Photos by Mileta Cekovic and Dragan Simic.
Details
Access
Tara National Park lies four hours southwest / 205 km away from the capital of Serbia, Belgrade (260 km by the new highway, or 3 and a half driving hours in both cases) . Access to Tara is possible from three directions: via Bajina Bašta - Kaluđerske bare 16 km, Kremna - Kaluđerske bare 9 km, Bajina Bašta - Mitrovac 27 km.
There are 290 km of marked dirt roads and hiking trails in the park, as well as 75 km of mountain biking routes (most of these tracks are also passable by ordinary cars). Excellent and constantly updated 1:50,000 hiking maps of the park are obtainable at the visitor’s centre in Mitrovac (find the NP authorities at www.nptara.rs, see the link below). The one of many possible routes, circular route shown on the map is about 20 km long.
For driving directions, zoom in on the map and click on the "P" (parking) sign.
Terrain and Habitat
Forest , Mountain , Canyon/cliff , Lake , GrasslandConditions
Mountainous , RockyCircular trail
YesIs a telescope useful?
Can be usefulGood birding season
Spring , SummerBest time to visit
SpringRoute
Paved road , Unpaved roadDifficulty walking trail
StrenuousAccessible by
Foot , Bicycle , CarBirdwatching hide / platform
NoExtra info
To be properly explored, Tara National Park requires at least four days or, better, a week.
Links
- Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia
- eBird
- Tara National Park authorities
- All eBird hotspots combined