The high ground of the Amanos mountains in Osmaniye counts among the important bird areas of Türkiye. Migrating birds use these heights as a route, and white stork, honey buzzard, black kite, buzzard and lesser spotted eagle can all be seen along it.
The Kırmıtlı bird sanctuary has important bird area status in its own right for the species it holds, among them night heron and three kinds of kingfisher — the common, the pied and the white-throated. Having all three kingfishers together is unusual, and it is one of the reasons birdwatchers come. Two hundred and fifty bird species have been recorded at Kırmıtlı to date. It is about eleven kilometres from the city centre, reached by road.
Getting there
- Access
- About 11 km from the city centre, reached by road.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Osmaniye as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 8.9 °C in January to 28.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May and October; rainfall is heaviest in March (116 mm) and lightest in August (10 mm). Long-term means for 1986-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
