Vlasina Lake

42.71604 , 22.36085

Serbia

Mountain peat bog at 1200 m a.s.l., dammed in 1948 and turned into a reservoir. On the slopes of the mountains there are beech forests, pine plantations and large pastures of distinctly steppe character.

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Coordinates were set by Dragan Simic : 42.7160/22.3609 (2023-06-22 14:38:25 )

Site name was set by Dragan Simic as "Vlasina Lake" (2023-06-22 14:38:25 )

Edited by Dragan Simic on 2025-12-07 07:32:52
Mountain peat bog at 1200 m a.s.l., dammed in 1948 and turned into a reservoir. On the slopes of the mountains there are beech forests, pine plantations and large pastures of distinctly steppe character.

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Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
Corn Crake (Crex crex)
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Wood Lark (Lullula arborea)
Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Barred Warbler (Curruca nisoria)
Greater Whitethroat (Curruca communis)
Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

Wood Lark (Lullula arborea) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 07:25:03)

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 07:23:02)

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 07:22:36)

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 07:21:42)

Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 07:20:53)

Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 07:20:31)

Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 07:20:04)

Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:52:47)

Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca) was deleted by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:52:34)

Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:47:45)

Greater Whitethroat (Curruca communis) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:47:21)

Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:47:08)

Barred Warbler (Curruca nisoria) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:45:45)

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:45:16)

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:44:09)

Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:43:53)

Corn Crake (Crex crex) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:43:41)

Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:43:03)

Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:42:53)

Common Swift (Apus apus) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-06-22 14:42:39)

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