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Sugar Plant Ponds near Padinska Skela

Belgrade  >  Serbia

This shorebird site is worthy of a detour if you are visiting the nearby Beljarica Levee.

Added* by Dragan Simic
Most recent update 17 Mayıs 2023

Description

This sugar plant between Padinska Skela and Kovilovo, some 15 km north of Belgrade, is closed for three decades and its ponds are filled by rains only. Most ponds are totally overgrown and only the two northern ones hold open water, the eastern one completely open ( Uzunbacak used to breed here), while the western one is half-overgrown and more natural looking. This spot is undervisited.

Birds to expect here are Kara kızılbacak, Kılıçgaga, Kızkuşu, Döşüşkenkuş, also Çıkrıkçın and Pasbaş Patka, Karaboyunlu batağan Karaboyunlu bataðan, Kara sumru (migration), Bıyıklı Sumru, Küçük Karabatak, Küçük balaban, İbibik, Arıkuşu, Çulhakuşu, Büyük kamışçın and Bataklık Kamışçını.

Details

Access

For driving directions, click on the P in the map. While an asphalt road comes to the gate of the former factory, there is a right hand turn-off leading towards the visible embankment.

Those 500 metres is a dirt track, muddy after rains and usually holding a puddle or two even when otherwise dry (I marked it as a route on the map).

Terrain and Habitat

Wetland , Mud flats , Agriculture , Scattered trees and bushes

Conditions

Flat , Slippery , Open landscape

Circular trail

Yes

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

Spring , Summer

Best time to visit

Spring migration , Autumn migration , Spring

Route

Unpaved road , Wide path

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Foot , Car , Bicycle

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

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