Interesting observations,17. July 2021

🦆 GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus: 1 ind., laguna
🦆 WHISKERED TERN Chlidonias hybrida: 2 ind., laguna
🦆 LITTLE CRAKE Zapornia parva: 1 ind., laguna

🦆 Teal Anas crecca: 7 ind., laguna
🦆 Pochard Aythya ferina: 14 ind., bonifika
🦆 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus: 3 ind., laguna
🦆 Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus: 46 ind., bonifika & laguna

🦆 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis: 3 ind., bonifika
🦆 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea: 2 ind., bonifika
🦆 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus: 4 ind., bonifika

🦆 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus: 1 ind., bonifika
🦆 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus: 10 ind., laguna
🦆 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius: 7 ind., laguna
🦆 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus: 3 ind., laguna

🦆 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola: 1 ind., laguna
🦆 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos: 5 ind., laguna
🦆 Redshank Tringa totanus: 16 ind., laguna
🦆 Greenshank Tringa nebularia: 17 ind., laguna
🦆 Curlew Numenius arquata: 2 ind., laguna

🦆 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus: 164 ind., laguna
🦆 Little Tern Sternula albifrons: 28 ind., laguna & bonifika
🦆 Common Tern Sterna hirundo: 104 ind., laguna
🐦 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur: 4 ind., bonifika
🐦 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis: 1 ind., bonifika

🐦 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava: 6 ind., bonifika & laguna
🐦 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis: 2 ind., bonifika
🐦 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala: 1 ind., bonifika
🐦 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus: 1 ind., bonifika

🦊 Fox Vulpes vulpes: 2 ind., bonifika

Announcement

📅 THE VISITOR CENTER (reception, bar and shop) will be CLOSED from July 17th 2021 to August 16th 2021.
📅 NATURE RESERVE (nature trail and observation platforms) is OPEN daily from 6:00 to 21:00.

📌 Due to the high temperatures and strong sun, we recommend visiting the reserve in the morning or evening. Remember to protect yourself from the sun and take enough water with you.

📌 The Central Observatory (observation tower) will remain closed for maintenance until further notice.

Interesting observations, 9. July 2021

 Interesting observations, 9. 7. 2021:

🦆 Greylag Goose/Anser anser: 3 ind., bonifika
🦆 Teal/Anas crecca: 3 ind., laguna
🦆 Great Crested Grebe/Podiceps cristatus: 2 ind., laguna
🦆 Pygmy Cormorant/Microcarbo pygmaeus: 40 ind., bonifika & laguna
🐦 Purple Heron/Ardea purpurea: 1 ind., bonifika
🐦 Water Rail/Rallus aquaticus: 1 ind., bonifika
🐦 Black-winged Stilt/Himantopus himantopus: 26 ind., laguna
🐦 Little Ringed Plover/Charadrius dubius: 1 ind., laguna
🐦 Kentish Plover/Charadrius alexandrinus: 10 ind., laguna
🐦 Wood Sandpiper/Tringa glareola: 4 ind., laguna
🐦 Common Sandpiper/Actitis hypoleucos: 1 ind., laguna
🐦 Redshank/Tringa totanus: 13 ind., laguna
🐦 Greenshank/Tringa nebularia: 14 ind., laguna
🐦 Curlew/Numenius arquata: 2 ind., laguna
🐦 Mediterranean Gull/Larus melanocephalus: 5 ind., laguna
🐦Little Tern/Sternula albifrons: 20 ind., laguna
🐦 Common Tern/Sterna hirundo: 73 ind., laguna
🐦 Yellow Wagtail/Motacilla flava: 4 ind., bonifika & laguna
🐦 Zitting Cisticola/Cisticola juncidis: 2 ind., bonifika
🐦 Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus scirpaceus: 15 ind., bonifika
🐦 Great Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus arundinaceus: 9 ind., bonifika
🐦 Golden Oriole/Oriolus oriolus: 1 ind., bonifika

črnoglavi galeb/Gabbiano corallino/Mediterranean Gull/Larus melanocephalus, photo: Domen Stanič