Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus 50 
White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 70 
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus 2 
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 60 
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 100 
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber c.1600 
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorrm ferruginea 40 
Shelduck Tadoma tadorm 7 
Gadwall Anas strepera 2 
Teal Anas crecca 15 
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 10 
Pintail Anas acuta 1 
Garganey Anas querquedula 2 
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 5 
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 2 
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 10 
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 6 
Common Crane Grus grus 2 
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 80 
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20 
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 40 
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 15 
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 15 
Greater Sand Plover Charadius leschenaultii 5 
Spur-winged Plover Hoplopterus spinosus 30 
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 50 
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferrruginea 12 
Dunlin Calidris alpina 17 
Ruff Philormchus pugnax 1 
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23 
Redshank Tringa totanus 10 
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 4 
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 9 
Little Tern Sterna albifrons 6 
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus 5 
Black Tern Chlidonias niger 10 
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 3 
The vast marsh associated with this lake is best approached via the 
gravel track which runs on a roughly east-west axis parallel to the 
reedbed, to the west of the village of Bogecik. We drove down this 
track for about 7 km, and the reedbed continued in the distance - 
unfortunately away from the road. Immediately to the south of this 
road there is a line of small hillocks, and there are a number of quarries 
in the hillside. There were some wheat fields between the road and the 
marsh, but also some grass for cattle grazing. We saw the following 
species in this area. 
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 3 
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 10 
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