This floodplain is the closest one to the Belgrade city centre, located on the left bank of the Danube opposite the Veliko Ratno Island. While most walking paths follow the edges of hybrid black poplar plantations, you will also encounter indigenous stands of oak and ash, willow and poplars. The wet meadows are mostly overgrown […]
Beljarica is a spacious floodplain of the left bank of the Danube, north of the Pupin’s Bridge, gaining width about one kilometre from the bridge. This area is criss-crossed by river branches and ponds and overgrown in stands of oak and ash, willow and poplars, but largely under hybrid black poplar plantations.
Black Stork and several […]
Petrovaradin Wetland (Petrovaradinski rit) is a floodplain at the right bank of the Danube. It is a complex of ponds and canals overgrown with reeds and alluvial forests of ash, willow and poplar, as well as the hybrid black poplar plantations.
Birds to look for are Ferruginous Duck, Goosander (in winter), Black and White Storks, Pygmy […]
Kovilj Wetland (Koviljski rit) is a large floodplain at the left bank of the Danube, near the namesake village. It is a complex of alluvial forests of ash, willow and poplar, as well as the hybrid black poplar plantations.
In this nature reserve about 190 bird species were recorded, including Ferruginous Duck, Black and White Storks, […]
Fruska gora is a low mountain surrounded by arable land, its highest peaks being Crveni cot (539 m.a.s.l.) and Iriski venac (516 m.a.s.l.). It is about 80 kilometres long and some 10 km wide. Forest covers 90 per cent of the national park, one third of it lime, also oak and beech. Lower slopes are […]
Svilojevo Fish Farm lies by the southern end of the namesake village, about 6 kilometres southeast of Apatin. It consists of a series of lakes (shallower ones with exposed mud bars), overgrown by reed and bulrush. Spotting scope is recommended.
Birds to look for are Ferruginous Duck, Black and White Stork, Squacco and Black-crowned Night Herons, […]
Monostor Wetland (Monostorski 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 Backi Monostor with vast riparian forests of oak and ash, willow and poplar, interspersed with river branches and ponds, dump meadows and […]