Birdwatching in Ukraine: Ukrainian Birdwatching Center

Need a Personal Field Guide for Birdwatching in Ukraine?

Since 2002, the mission of the Ukrainian Birdwatching Center has been to promote birdwatching and protect birds by abandoning hunting in favor of observing them. The Ukrainian Birdwatching Center helps birders and birdwatchers from around the world connect with a local field guide or birdwatcher in Ukraine's cities.  

In 2002, our site was one of the few dedicated to birdwatching in Ukraine. The thing is, at that time, everyone had heard of duck hunting, but no one knew about birdwatching as an alternative, except professional ornithologists or photographers.

Nowadays, a fierce war is raging in Ukraine. However, we continue to help guests find a local birdwatching guide.  

How to Find a Birdwatching Guide?

If you need a local guide or person to share your passion for birds, there are a few options:

• If you are going to Lviv, send a message to lvivguide@ukr.net. This is an address to contact the Ukrainian Birdwatching Center

• If you are going to Kyiv, please contact the Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Birds

• If you are going to other cities, contact us, and we will help.

What are the options for birdwatching in Lviv?

If you have time for birdwatching in Lviv, everything depends on how much time do you have:

• 2 hours for the tour around Pohulanka Park

• Half of the day tour around Pohulanka Park and Vynnykivsky Forest

• Full day for Yanovsky Ponds, Roztochia Nature Reserve, Cholginy Ornithologic Reserve

• Full day for the Carpathian mountains

 How to choose a tour? Everything depends on your preferences and the target bird species list. If you have lifers, the program will be customised according to your interests.