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The aim of this study is to compare the feeding habitat use by passage and breeding waterbirds in the fishponds from Brădeni. The average number of species in autumn was found to be smaller than in spring. However, although in autumn we couldn’t detect significant differences regarding the average number of species for the four ponds, in spring these were used differently by the avifauna. The average number of birds that use the ponds for feeding was larger in autumn than in spring, but the difference had no statistical significance. The four ponds were used differently by the individual bird species, both in autumn and in spring. Each pond was used differently for feeding in the two seasons (autumn and spring), both regarding the average species richness and the total number of individuals. The birds showed a preference for the larger ponds, with paludal, submerse and floating vegetation. Management measures should be planned in order to account for the differences in the habitat use shown by the bird species in these fishponds.