Monthly Archives: August 2021

Interesting observations, 31 August 2021

  • Shoveler / Spatula clypeata: 14 ind., laguna
  • Wigeon / Mareca penelope: 2 ind., laguna
  • Teal / Anas crecca: 40 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Pochard / Aythya ferina: 1 ind., laguna
  • Great Crested Grebe / Podiceps cristatus: 7 ind., laguna
  • Pygmy Cormorant / Microcarbo pygmaeus: 4 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Little Bittern / Ixobrychus minutus: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Cattle Egret / Bubulcus ibis: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Little Egret / Egretta garzetta: 97 ind., bonifika & laguna
  • Purple Heron / Ardea purpurea: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Marsh Harrier / Circus aeruginosus: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Water Rail / Rallus aquaticus: 1 ind., bonifika
  • LITTLE CRAKE / ZAPORNIA PARVA: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Little Ringed Plover / Charadrius dubius: 2 ind., laguna
  • Wood Sandpiper / Tringa glareola: 7 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Common Sandpiper / Actitis hypoleucos: 6 ind., laguna
  • Greenshank / Tringa nebularia: 19 ind., laguna
  • Curlew / Numenius arquata: 4 ind., laguna
  • Common Tern / Sterna hirundo: 2 ind., laguna
  • Kinfisher / Alcedo atthis: 3 ind., laguna
  • Tree Pipit / Anthus trivialis: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Yellow Wagtail / Motacilla flava: 3 ind., bonifika
  • Whinchat / Saxicola rubetra: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Zitting Cisticola / Cisticola juncidis: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Sedge Warbler / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Spotted Flycatcher / Muscicapa striata: 1 ind., bonifika

Interesting observations, 24 August 2021

  • Shoveler / Spatula clypeata: 12 ind., laguna
  • Teal / Anas crecca: 92 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Pochard / Aythya ferina: 3 ind., bonifika
  • Great Crested Grebe / Podiceps cristatus: 6 ind., laguna
  • Pygmy Cormorant / Microcarbo pygmaeus: 11 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Cattle Egret / Bubulcus ibis: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Little Egret / Egretta garzetta: 66 ind., bonifika & laguna
  • Purple Heron / Ardea purpurea: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Marsh Harrier / Circus aeruginosus: 2 ind., bonifika
  • GOSHAWK / ACCIPITER NISUS: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Black-winged Stilt / Himantopus himantopus: 2 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Little Ringed Plover / Charadrius dubius: 5 ind., laguna
  • Kentish Plover / Charadrius alexandrinus: 4 ind., laguna
  • Wood Sandpiper / Tringa glareola: 5 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Green Sandpiper / Tringa ochropus: 3 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Common Sandpiper / Actitis hypoleucos: 14 ind., laguna
  • Redshank / Tringa totanus: 14 ind., laguna
  • Greenshank / Tringa nebularia: 24 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Curlew / Numenius arquata: 4 ind., laguna
  • Snipe / Gallinago gallinago: 4 ind., bonifika
  • Little Tern / Sternula albifrons: 4 ind., laguna
  • Common Tern / Sterna hirundo: 7 ind., laguna
  • BLACK TERN / CHLIDONIAS NIGER: 1 ind., laguna
  • Turtle Dove / Streptopelia turtur: 1 ind., laguna
  • Kinfisher / Alcedo atthis: 2 ind., laguna
  • Wryneck / Jynx torquilla: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Sand Martin / Riparia riparia: 2 ind., laguna
  • Yellow Wagtail / Motacilla flava: 6 ind., bonifika & laguna
  • PIED FLYCATCHER / FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Red-backed Shrike / Lanius collurio: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Golden Oriole / Oriolus oriolus: 1 ind., bonifika

Interesting observations, 17 August 2021

  • Shoveler / Spatula clypeata: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Teal / Anas crecca: 52 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Garganey / Spatula querquedula: 4 ind., laguna
  • Pochard / Aythya ferina: 3 ind., bonifika
  • Great Crested Grebe / Podiceps cristatus: 6 ind., laguna
  • Pygmy Cormorant / Microcarbo pygmaeus: 27 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Cattle Egret / Bubulcus ibis: 5 ind., bonifika
  • Glossy Ibis / Plegadis falcinellus: 1 ind., laguna
  • Purple Heron / Ardea purpurea: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Marsh Harrier / Circus aeruginosus: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Black-winged Stilt / Himantopus himantopus: 5 ind., laguna
  • Kentish Plover / Charadrius alexandrinus: 1 ind., laguna
  • Dunlin / Calidris alpina: 1 ind., laguna
  • Wood Sandpiper / Tringa glareola: 3 ind., laguna
  • Green Sandpiper / Tringa ochropus: 1 ind., laguna
  • Common Sandpiper / Actitis hypoleucos: 11 ind., laguna
  • Redshank / Tringa totanus: 10 ind., laguna
  • Spotted Redshank / Tringa erythropus: 1 ind., laguna
  • Greenshank / Tringa nebularia: 24 ind., laguna
  • Curlew / Numenius arquata: 2 ind., laguna
  • Snipe / Gallinago gallinago: 3 ind., laguna
  • Little Tern / Sternula albifrons: 7 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Common Tern / Sterna hirundo: 16 ind., laguna
  • Kinfisher / Alcedo atthis: 1 ind., laguna
  • Red-backed Shrike / Lanius collurio: 1 ind., bonifika

Interesting observations, 11 August 2021

Interesting observations between 2nd and 11th of August 2021:

  • Teal / Anas crecca: 30 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Garganey / Spatula querquedula: 4 ind., bonifika
  • Pochard / Aythya ferina: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Black-necked Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis: 1 ind., laguna
  • Great Crested Grebe / Podiceps cristatus: 9 ind., laguna
  • Pygmy Cormorant / Microcarbo pygmaeus: 34 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Little Bittern / Ixobrychus minutus: 2 ind., bonifika
  • Night Heron / Nycticorax nycticorax: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Cattle Egret / Bubulcus ibis: 13 ind., bonifika
  • Purple Heron / Ardea purpurea: 3 ind., bonifika
  • Marsh Harrier / Circus aeruginosus: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Water Rail / Rallus aquaticus: 2 ind., laguna
  • Black-winged Stilt / Himantopus himantopus: 7 ind., laguna
  • Kentish Plover / Charadrius alexandrinus: 2 ind., laguna
  • Wood Sandpiper / Tringa glareola: 6 ind., laguna
  • Green Sandpiper / Tringa ochropus: 1 ind., laguna
  • Common Sandpiper / Actitis hypoleucos: 24 ind., laguna
  • Redshank / Tringa totanus: 18 ind., laguna
  • Greenshank / Tringa nebularia: 31 ind., laguna
  • Curlew / Numenius arquata: 3 ind., laguna
  • Little Tern / Sternula albifrons: 9 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Common Tern / Sterna hirundo: 31 ind., laguna
  • Turtle Dove / Streptopelia turtur: 1 ind., laguna
  • Kinfisher / Alcedo atthis: 1 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Green Woodpecker / Picus viridis: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Sedge Warbler / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus: 1 ind., bonifika
  • Zitting Cisticola / Cisticola juncidis: 3 ind., laguna & bonifika
  • Red-backed Shrike / Lanius collurio: 3 ind., bonifika
  • Golden Oriole / Oriolus oriolus: 1 ind., bonifika

Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus at Škocjanski zatok

On Thursday 5 August 2021, Miroslav Repar, a visitor to Škocjanski zatok, noticed and photographed an unusual bird feeding in the low grass in front of observatory no. 5. The photos soon circled the web and the bird turned out to be an extremely rare Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus from the Far East.

The observation represents the first record of this species for Slovenia and only the fifth record for the Western Palearctic region! The Grey-headed Lapwing breeds in Northeastern China and Japan, and winters in mainland Southeast Asia. These days, the exceptional rarity at Škocjanski zatok has attracted many curious ornithologists from all over Slovenia, as well as birders from abroad (Austria, Italy, Hungary, Romania).

On Saturday August 7, the Grey-headed Lapwing was still present at the reserve, where it was feeding in the wet meadow in front of observatory no. 5.

Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus. Photo: Bojan Škerjanec

Interesting observations, 30. July 2021

🦆 CASPIAN TERN Hydroprogne caspia: 1 ind., laguna (24.7.)
🦆 GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus: 3 ind., bonifika
🦆 WHISKERED TERN Chlidonias hybrida: 1 ind., laguna
🐦 GOSHAWK Accipiter gentilis: 1 ind., laguna
🦆 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis: 1 ind., laguna
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🦆 Shoveler Spatula clypeata: 2 ind., laguna
🦆 Garganey Spatula querquedula: 4 ind., laguna
🦆 Teal Anas crecca: 2 ind., laguna
🦆 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus: 4 ind., laguna (1 incubation)
🦆 Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus: 19 ind., bonifika & laguna
🦆 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus: 2 ind., bonifika
🦆 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis: 9 ind., bonifika
🦆 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea: 1 ind., bonifika
🦆 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus: 7 ind., laguna
🦆 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius: 1 ind., laguna
🦆 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus: 4 ind., laguna
🦆 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola: 1 ind., laguna
🦆 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos: 11 ind., laguna
🦆 Redshank Tringa totanus: 16 ind., laguna
🦆 Greenshank Tringa nebularia: 37 ind., laguna
🦆 Curlew Numenius arquata: 3 ind., laguna
🦆 Snipe Gallinago gallinago: 1 ind., laguna
🦆 Little Tern Sternula albifrons: 15 ind., laguna & bonifika
🦆 Common Tern Sterna hirundo: 46 ind., laguna

🐦 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava: 3 ind., bonifika & laguna
🐦 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis: 2 ind., bonifika