Hutovo Blato
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Hutovo blato is a Nature park and Bird Reserve located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is primarily marshland created by the underground aquifer system of the Krupa River. It is fed from the limestone massif of Ostrvo that divides the Deransko and Svitavsko lakes.
Hutovo blato is located only 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the city of Čapljina and is marked with clear signs on the M-17 road. There is no entrance fee to the park and it is open year-round. It also has a picnic area, restaurant/café and a newly renovated hotel.
The International Council for Bird Protection placed this reserve on the list of Important Bird Areas, and did so for good reason. This reserve is the largest of its kind in this region of Europe, in terms of both size and diversity. It is home to over 240 types of migratory birds and dozens that make their permanent home in these sub-Mediterranean wetlands surrounding Deransko Lake. In the migration season, tens of thousands of birds fill this lake and its surroundings.
Since 1995, Hutovo Blato has been protected as Nature Park managed by the Public Enterprise Hutovo Blato
In Hutovo Blato 163 bird species are registered.
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[edit] Bird observations in Hutovo Blato on April 13th 2001.[1]
Systematic list of registered species:
- Tachybaptus ruficollis (Little Grebe)
- Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe)
- Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)
- Phalacrocorax pygmaeus (Pygmy Cormorant)
- Egretta garzetta (Little Egret)
- Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron)
- Ardea purpurea (Purple Heron)
- Anas strepera (Gadwall)
- Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)
- Anas querquedula (Garganey)
- Circaetus gallicus (Short-toed Eagle)
- Circus aeruginosus (Western Marsh Harrier)
- Buteo buteo (Common Buzzard)
- Fulica atra (Eurasian Coot)
- Philomachus pugnax (Ruff)
- Tringa glareola (Wood Sandpiper)
- Larus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull)
- Larus cachinnans (Yellow-legged Gull)
- Apus melba (Alpine Swift)
- Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow)
- Motacilla alba (White Wagtail)
- Luscinia megarhynchos (Common Nightingale)
- Cettia cetti (Cetti's Warbler)
- Sylvia cantillans (Subalpine Warbler)
- Sylvia atricapilla (Blackcap)
- Aegithalos caudatus (Long-tailed Tit)
- Remiz pendulinus (Eurasian Penduline Tit)
- Corvus cornix (Hooded Crow)
- Passer domesticus (House sparrow)
- Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
- Serinus serinus (European Serin)
- Emberiza cirlus (Cirl Bunting)
- Miliaria calandra (Corn Bunting)
[edit] See also
- List of National parks and Nature parks in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Important Bird Area
- Čapljina
- Prebilovci (a village just inside the Hutovo Blato-area)
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