Ginkūnai

History

In 1792, Catherine the Great gifted , state land with more than 13,000 serfs, to her favorite Platon Zubov. He then purchased Ginkūnai (six peasant houses, 24 men and 18 women serfs, an inn, windmill, and permit to use the lake) for 5,600 Dutch daalders in 1805. The family established the Ginkūnai Manor, which became the administrative center of the estates around it. At the beginning of the 20th century, a freethinker's cemetery was established, which in 1966 became Šiauliai cemetery. During the Soviet times, the settlement became a centre of the local gardening-oriented sovkhoz.

Most-observed species

• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  64
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  61
• Eurasian Linnet

  Linaria cannabina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  58
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  57
• Black-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  54
• White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  53
• Fieldfare

  Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  53
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  49