Rate birdingplace Swan Lake Reserve
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Swan Lake is a place of mass wintering of Cisne-bravo and other waterfowl. This is a unique phenomenon for Siberia.
You can observe waterfowl in the reserve from November to the end of March in the entourage of the Siberian winter, sometimes it is at a temperature of minus forty degrees and below. The main mass of birds is a Cisne-bravo and Pato-real. But you can also see Pato-olho-d'ouro, Merganso-grande, in small numbers there are Cisne-vulgar and Cisne-pequeno. Numerous Melro-d'água feed along the banks of ice-free streams. Here you can see Long-tailed Rosefinches, Chapim-de-cabeça-branca, Coruja-uralense, Grey Bullfinch and other Siberian birds.
There is an air service from Moscow to Barnaul, then the best option is a taxi. You can rent a car (from Barnaul to the reserve is 220 km). There are hotels near the reserve.