Gornje Podunavlje

45.77499 , 18.93152

Serbia

Monostor Wetland (Serbian: Monoštorski rit) is part of the Gornje Podunavlje (The Upper Danube) Special Nature Reserve. It is a floodplain at the left bank of the Danube alongside the villages of Bezdan and Bački Monostor with vast riparian forests of oak and ash, willow and poplar, interspersed with river branches and ponds, wet meadows and reedbeds.

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• habitat and vegetation
• typical bird species/bird communities
• protection status
• land use and history
• importance for birdwatching

Coordinates were changed by Dragan Simic : 45.7750/18.9315 (2023-05-12 15:46:49 )

Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 45.7660/18.9104 (2020-11-15 14:54:35 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Gornje Podunavlje" (2020-11-15 14:54:35 )

Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-05-15 10:17:40
Monostor Wetland (Serbian: Monoštorski rit) is part of the Gornje Podunavlje (The Upper Danube) Special Nature Reserve. It is a floodplain at the left bank of the Danube alongside the villages of Bezdan and Bački Monostor with vast riparian forests of oak and ash, willow and poplar, interspersed with river branches and ponds, wet meadows and reedbeds.

  • Top species

List up to ca. 25 species that:
• have a limited distribution range and/or are rare on a global level
• are most sought-after by birdwatchers at this site
• and are relatively easy to see at this site (year-round or seasonally)

Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius)
Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 09:32:44)

Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) was deleted by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 09:32:24)

Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 09:32:04)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) was deleted by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 09:31:46)

Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 09:29:34)

Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) was added by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 09:29:08)

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) was deleted by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 09:28:55)

Garganey (Spatula querquedula) was deleted by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 09:27:57)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) was deleted by Dragan Simic (2025-12-07 09:27:49)

Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:23:28)

Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:23:11)

Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:22:51)

Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:22:32)

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:22:18)

Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:22:01)

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:21:45)

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:21:29)

White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:21:13)

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:20:49)

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:20:34)

Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:20:07)

Garganey (Spatula querquedula) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:19:48)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) was added by Dragan Simic (2023-05-15 10:19:32)

  • Timing and strategy

Breeding season is the main period, but migration is also good.

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Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-05-15 10:19
Breeding season is the main period, but migration is also good.
  • How to get there

Access is possible from the Sombor – Bezdan road, from Bezdan along the levee heading southwards, or along the levees spreading from the village of Monoštor.

Explain from where and how to get to this site with private and public transport.

Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-05-15 10:31
Access is possible from the Sombor – Bezdan road, from Bezdan along the levee heading southwards, or along the dykes levees spreading from the village of Monoštor.
Edited by Dragan Simic on 2023-05-15 10:18
Access is possible from the Sombor – Bezdan road, from Bezdan along the levee heading southwards, or along the dykes spreading from the village of Monoštor.

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