Birdwatching

Birdwatching is popular in Western Europe and North America kind of leisure that involves watching and observing birds with the naked eye or optical instruments. The Burshtyn water-storage basin is one of the most suitable bodies of water in Ukraine for this activity. Thus here you can see 36 water-loving winter birds, and in general 246 bird species inhabit the place around the year.

Under the most favorable conditions the following birds are waiting for you: great crested grebe, great cormorant, mute swan, Eurasian teal, common pochard, common goldeneye, common merganser, smew, Northern goshawk, Eurasian sparrowhawk, rough-legged buzzard, common buzzard, grey partridge, Eurasian coot, common moorhen, rock dove, Eurasian collared dove, common kingfisher, common gull, European herring gull, black-headed gull, common starling, Eurasian jay, Eurasian magpie, Western jackdaw, rook, hooded crow, common raven, Eurasian wren, common blackbird, fieldfare, bearded reedling, long-tailed tit, marsh tit, willow tit, Eurasian blue tit, great tit, Eurasian nuthatch, house sparrow, Eurasian tree sparrow, Eurasian siskin, goldfinch, common chaffinch, common linnet, bullfinch, hawfinch, yellowhammer, mallard, tufted duck.

Become an amateur bird watcher who travels, loves, preserves and knows his/her native land!