The Iron Gates National Park (in Serbian: Djerdap) ranges some 100 km in length along the right bank of the Danube (the left bank is in Romania), where the river varies in width from 5 km to only 150 m and the mountains rise up to 800 m a.s.l. About 70 per cent of the park area is covered by broadleaved forest (mostly beech and oak) and scrub, while the rest are meadows and orchards, limestone cliffs, boulders and scree, and the rivers.
About 170 bird species have been recorded in the park, including European Honey Buzzard, White-tailed, Short-toed Snake, Lesser Spotted, Golden and Booted Eagles; Northern Goshawk, Black Kite, Peregrine Falcon, Hazel Grouse, Corncrake, Stock and European Turtle Doves; Eurasian Scops, Eurasian Eagle and Ural Owls; Alpine Swift, Grey-headed, White-backed, Middle Spotted and Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers; Woodlark, Eurasian Crag Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, White-throated Dipper, Collared Flycatcher, Sombre Tit, Red-backed Shrike, Woodchat Shrike and Rock Bunting.
Getting there: The riverside town of Golubac (130 km or two hours’ drive from Belgrade) is the entrance point to the area. Almost every village between Golubac and the next town of Donji Milanovac (a further 60 km) offers rooms to let, but petrol stations are to be found only in the towns.
When to go: breeding season (May/June), but the park is also important as a migratory stop-over site and the Danube as a wintering area.
Find more detailed suggestion where to bird here: http://10000birds.com/where-to-watch-birds-in-the-iron-gates.htm
eBird list of the recorded species: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L2846559
You may read “The Birds of Djerdap” book in flipbook mode here.
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