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Fields and Pastures between Veliki Mokri Lug and Kumodraž

Belgrade  >  Serbia

These suburban fields may seem like noting special, but they can really surprise you.

Tillagd* av Uroš Vasić
Senast uppdaterad 4 mars 2025

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This little known but still beautiful place is located south-east of the city center. It presents a great mixture of habitats, including field, meadow, forest, marsh and city habitats. The fields and pastures are connected to the rest of Belgrade through Veliki Mokri Lug and Kumodraž, so it can be easily accesed. It boasts a great deal of birds year-round, with there being both common birds like svarthätta, tornfalk, pilfink and större hackspett and birds that are less common and hard to find near urban areas such as stenskvätta, buskskvätta, gråspett, vattenpiplärka, halsbandsflugsnappare, biätare (be aware that many of the mentioned birds are not always there, you have to visit at the right time and have some luck).

The best time to visit is winter when many finch species are regular, including domherre, stenknäck, bergfink, grönsiska, hämpling and steglits, as well as many thrush species like björktrast, rödvingetrast, koltrast, and dubbeltrast. Regular in winter are also kungsfågel, brandkronad kungsfågel, järnsparv, Kricka, svartmes, gärdsmyg, ängspiplärka and many others. In winter, all of the water birds come to the ponds. gräsand can be seen from late autumn to may(can be spotted in flyovers year-round). Kricka is here from late autumn but leaves before spring begins. vattenrall and rörhöna are guaranteed from october to april, but moorhens can stay longer(maybe even present year-round). enkelbeckasin, skogssnäppa and drillsnäppa can be spotted in winter, and are not always there.

During spring migration, many different birds can be seen, including leaving trushes and finches, and incoming birds, like svart stork, vit stork, buskskvätta, gulärla, Härfågel, gransångare, trädlärka, sydnäktergal, ladusvala, tornseglare, rödstjärt during the early and middle parts of migration, and biätare, törnskata, göktyta, kornsparv, sommargylling, ärtsångare, törnsångare vaktel and dvärguv in later parts of migration.

Although spring and summer are a bit worse in variety than autumn and winter, they still offer great birding. Especially in this period should you be looking out for less common flyover birds in this area and terrain, including alpseglare, lärkfalk and backsvala. Brun glada, natthäger, gök, Silkeshäger, trädgårdssångare can and all have been spotted in this period.

Autumn migration marks the end of summer and the arrival and passage of many birds, like trädpiplärka, grönsångare, törnskata , sydnäktergal and grå flugsnappare in great numbers, but you can also find svartvit flugsnappare and lövsångare, Bivråk is a common flyover here, and even näktergal (a very rare bird in Serbia) has been spotted here for 2 years in a row.

All of these birds are here because of the diversity of this place, mentioned earlier. It is important to know what habitat to visit for the right type of bird. So for example, if you want to see hornuggla and minervauggla you should search the streets and roofs and backyards of houses. If you want to see Gröngöling and nesting sommargylling, you should search the trees and tree lanes scattered all around the place, especially in Veliki Mokri Lug. Houses and backyards in Stari Vinogradi street regulary house kungsfågel, domherre, minervauggla, dvärguv, svartmes, sommargylling, rödstjärt and many others.

For some of the birds mentioned, you have to be lucky and search at the right time. Many birds have been sighted here that you will almost definetly not find because of their rarity for the region or habitat. Exampes include ängshök, duvhök Pilgrimsfalk, blek tornseglare, näktergal, stäpphök, Fiskgjuse, svarthuvad sparv, härmsångare rörsångare, trastsångare, kärrsångare, röd glada, morkulla and others.

A stunning Belgrade city panorama stretching half the horizon can be seen at the slopes parallel to the Stari Vinogradi ('Old Vineyards') street. From there, the wast greeny hillside towards the Kumodraž suburbs can be observed, with numerous Skata, råka, gråkråka and occasional sparvhök or tornfalk. Small herds of goats and sheep are still grazing these greeny slopes, protecting the meadows from overgrowing with scrubs.

This location is also great for planespotting. Standing on the earlier mentioned viewpoint at the very entrance and the top of the hill, you can see most of the city, including a silhouette of the Nikola Tesla airport. Every plane landing or taking off from the east side of the airport will be very low in the sky, where you can get a great look at it because of the open terrain and panorama view.

So far, there are 135 confirmed species in this birdingplace, but including bordering terrains (like Stepin Gaj birdingplace) that number is as high as 165!

In conclusion, take some time to visit this birding place before the constant urbanization conquers it fully. You will certainly not regret it.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

Take an E-75 highway from Belgrade city center towards Niš, then take the 'Lasta' exit and follow the directions to the 'P' mark on the map in the Stari Vinogradi street. Alternatively, head towards the Kumodraž suburbs and park on the second 'P' mark at the south part of the map. Bus lines 20, 308 and 38 lead to Veliki Mokri Lug, and bus lanes 33, 25P, 39, lead to Kumodraž. Bus lane 312 cirlces Veliki Mokri Lug. Bus stops 'Stari Vinogradi' and 'Buljubašine vode' are located near the entrance to the fields from the side of Veliki Mokri Lug.

Terräng och habitat

Skog , Spridda träd och buskar , Slätt , Platå , Stad/by , Jordbruk , Vassar , Damm

Förhållanden

Platt , Kulligt , Öppet landskap

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vinter , Vårsträck , Höststräck

Rutt

Asfalterad väg , Grusväg , Smal stig

Hur ansträngande vandring

Genomsnittlig vandring

Nås

Till fots , Cykel

Fågeltorn / plattform

Nej

Extra information

Conditions can be pretty muddy after the rain, thus prepare the boots if you plan to leave the paved roads.

If you plan on venturing deeper looking for birds, you should be wary about dogs. Even though they likely have an owner and rarely show up, they can group up and potentialy become aggresive and start barking. Means of defense (like pepper spray) are recommended.

The terrain is very uneven and sometimes hard to traverse and there are many grass roots(surprisingly tough) that can get your leg stuck, so you should be careful.

Always wear pants or trousers that cover your legs completely if you want to venture in deeper grass looking for birds, there are a lot of thorns and seeds that can cut you or get stuck on you.

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