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On the coast of the Black Sea close to the city of Odessa, this site is the former delta of the Tiligul river and a haven for a variety of wetland birds.

The habitats include freshwater streams and brackish and saltwater lagoons, reed islands and saltmarsh with associated areas of steppe scrub.

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Glossy Ibis and Squacco Heron breed as well as Common Tern and Gull-billed Tern.

Passage birds include a few White Pelican and Great White Egret in important numbers, Little Gull and Slender-billed Gull, all three marsh terns and various waders.

The area also holds significant numbers of Greater White-fronted Goose in winter and Red-breasted Goose has been seen occasionally.

The delta has a good range of passerines including Crested Lark and Calandra Lark, Citrine Wagtail and Tawny Pipit with Red-breasted Flycatcher, European Pied Flycatcher and Collared Flycatcher on passage.

Lesser Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon, European Bee-eater and European Roller hunt insects over the more open, drier habitats.

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Birds you can see here include:

Great White Pelican, Glossy Ibis, Squacco Heron, Great White Egret, Mute Swan, Greater White-fronted Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Lesser Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Caspian Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Collared Pratincole, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Dunlin, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, European Bee-eater, European Roller, Eurasian Hoopoe, Calandra Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Crested Lark, Tawny Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Black-headed Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Pied Wheatear, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Collared Flycatcher, European Pied Flycatcher

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[edit] History and Use

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[edit] Access and Facilities

Tiligul Liman is situated about 35km east of Odessa between the Odessa-Nikolaev road and the coast. The city has a wide range of accommodation and car-hire facilities. There are also good air connections with the rest of Europe and Odessa can also be reached by boat from Istanbul.

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