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Bird Species

Over 100 species of birds have been identified in the Pike Lake Nature Reserve and in the surrounding area, from which 30 species of waterfowl and birds dependent on wetlands (18 breeding species and 12 passage migrant species).

In the summer, the following species are usually present: the Great Crested Grebe, the Coot, the Mallard, the Pochard, the Marsh Harrier.

Breeding species:

No.	Scientific name	Common name
1	*Podiceps cristatus*	Great Crested Grebe
2	*Tachybaptus ruficollis*	Little Grebe
3	*Botaurus stellaris*	Bittern
4	*Ixobrychus minutus*	Little Bittern
5	*Anas platyrhynchos*	Mallard
6	*Aythya ferina*	Pochard
7	*Aythya nyroca*	Ferruginous Duck
8	*Circus aeruginosus*	Marsh Harrier
9	*Gallinula chloropus*	Moorhen
10	*Fulica atra*	Coot
11	*Rallus aquaticus*	Water Rail
12	*Acrocephalus arundinaceus*	Great Reed Warbler
13	*Acrocephalus palustris*	Marsh Warbler
14	*Acrocephalus scirpaceus*	Reed Warbler
15	*Acrocephalus schoenobaenus*	Sedge Warbler
16	*Locustella luscinioides*	Savi's Warbler
17	*Locustella naevia*	Grasshopper Warbler
18	*Emberiza schoeniclus*	Reed Bunting

Passage migrant species:

No.	Scientific name	Common name
1	*Gavia arctica*	Black-throated Diver
2	*Podiceps nigricollis*	Black-necked Grebe
3	*Podiceps grisegena*	Red-necked Grebe
4	*Ardea cinerea*	Grey Heron
5	*Nycticorax nycticorax*	Night-Heron
6	*Anas querquedula*	Garganey
7	*Anas crecca*	Teal
8	*Vanellus vanellus*	Lapwing
9	*Gallinago gallinago*	Snipe
10	*Sterna hirundo*	Common Tern
11	*Chlidonias niger*	Black Tern
12	*Larus ridibundus*	Black-headed Gull

VERY IMPORTANT BIRD SPECIES:

The Bittern ...._.........__The Ferruginous Duck _ .The Marsh Harrier

From all the bird species observed in the area, the Bittern and the Ferruginous Duck are subject to Annex I of the Council Directive on the conservation of Wild Birds 79/409/EEC, as a priority in the European strategy for the protection of wildlife.

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