Tiligul Liman Ukraine
On the coast of the Black Sea close to the city of Odessa, this site is the former delta of the Tiligul river and a haven for a variety of wetland birds. The habitats include freshwater streams and brackish and saltwater lagoons, reed islands and saltmarsh with associated areas of steppe scrub.
Glossy Ibis and Squacco Herons breed as well as Common and Gull-billed Terns. Passage birds include a few White Pelicans and Great White Egret in important numbers, Little and Slender-billed Gulls, all three marsh terns and various waders. The area also holds significant numbers of Greater White-fronted Goose in winter and Red-breasted Goose has been seen occasionally. The delta has a good range of passerines including Crested and Calandra Larks, Citrine Wagtail and Tawny Pipit with Red-breasted, Pied and Collared Flycatchers on passage. Lesser Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon, European Bee-eater and European Roller hunt insects over the more open, drier habitats.
Tiligul Liman is situated about 35km east of Odessa between the Odessa-Nikolaev road and the coast. The city has a wide range of accommodation and car-hire facilities. There are also good air connections with the rest of Europe and Odessa can also be reached by boat from Istanbul.
Birds
Birds you can see here include:
White Pelican, Glossy Ibis, Squacco Heron, Great White Egret, Mute Swan, Greater White-fronted Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Lesser Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Caspian Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Collared Pratincole, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Dunlin, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, European Bee-eater, European Roller, Hoopoe, Calandra Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Crested Lark, Tawny Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Black-headed Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Pied Wheatear, Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Collared Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher
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