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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 Leštarka (beech and mixed forests), Prdavac (larger meadows), Dugorepa sova (with over 70 territories, the commonest owl in the park’s mixed forests), Siva žuna (mixed forests), Zelena žuna (forest edges) and Crna žuna (all forests), Lešnjikara (conifer and mixed forests), Jelova senica, Ćubasta senica, Planinska siva senica, Senica šljivarka, Kraljić, Vatroglavi kraljić, Drozd imelaš, Zimovka, Žutarica and Krstokljun. Also, breeding Kos ogrličar and Šumska šljuka. The rarest species are Mala muharica, Planinski detlić , Mala sova and Gaćasta kukumavka.
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