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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 Riđa sprutka, Žalar slepić, Vlastelica, Sabljarka, Ostrigar (rare so deep in the continent), Srebrni vivak, Vivak, Žalar blatarić, Šljuka kamenjarka (rare so deep in the continent), Sprudnik ubojica, Crnotrba sprutka, Mala sprutka, Barska šljuka, Polojka, Sprudnik pijukavac, Krivokljuni sprudnik, Sprudnik migavac, Crvenonogi sprudnik. Among the breeding Obični 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, Belokrila čigra and, in the breeding season, Belobrka čigra.
Other species include Čaplja govedarka and Žuta čaplja, Osičar, Seoski detlić, 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.