Beskrivning
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 spovsnäppa, mindre strandpipare, styltlöpare, skärfläcka, strandskata (rare so deep in the continent), kustpipare, tofsvipa, större strandpipare, roskarl (rare so deep in the continent), brushane, kärrsnäppa, småsnäppa, enkelbeckasin, drillsnäppa, skogssnäppa, gluttsnäppa, grönbena, rödbena. Among the breeding skrattmås, there are few pairs of svarthuvad mås. Due to the closeness of the river Danube, terns on migration are diverse: småtärna, sandtärna, skräntärna, svarttärna, vitvingad tärna and, in the breeding season, skäggtärna.
Other species include Kohäger and rallhäger, Bivråk, balkanspett, Gröngöling, spillkråka, törnskata, svartpannad törnskata (uncommon), eksångare, härmsångare, sävsångare, kärrsångare and trastsångare.
Photo (2) by Aleksandar Urosevic
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Tillgänglighet
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.


