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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 pobrežník krivozobý, kulík riečný, šišila bocianovítá, šabliarka modronohá, lastúrničiar strakatý (rare so deep in the continent), kulík bledý, cibík chochlatý, kulík piesočný, kamenár strakatý (rare so deep in the continent), bojovník bahenný, pobrežník čiernozobý, pobrežník malý, močiarnica mekotavá, kalužiačik malý, kalužiak perlavý, kalužiak sivý, kalužiak močiarny, kalužiak červenonohý. Among the breeding čajka smejivá, there are few pairs of čajka čiernohlavá. Due to the closeness of the river Danube, terns on migration are diverse: rybár malý, rybárka krátkozobá, čegrava veľkozobá, čorík čierny, čorík bielokrídly and, in the breeding season, čorík bahenný.
Other species include hltavka chochlatá and čaplička vlasatá, Včelár lesný, ďateľ hnedkavý, žlna zelená, tesár čierny, strakoš obyčajný, strakoš kolesár (uncommon), sedmohlások bledý, sedmihlások hájový, trsteniarik malý, trsteniarik obyčajný and trsteniarik veľký.
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.