Opening hours in September

30.08.2023

Notice!
From 1st to 30th September the opening hours will be as follows:
– visitor centre (reception, shop, bar): 8am – 6pm, open from Tuesday to Sunday;
– nature reserve (trail with observatories): 7am – 8pm, open every day.

Interesting observations, 24 August 2023

24.08.2023

The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

Shoveler (Spatula clypeata): 37 ind., laguna
Teal (Anas crecca): 61 ind., laguna
Pochard (Aythya ferina): 1 ind., bonifika
Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus): 5 ind., laguna & bonifika
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax): 2 ind., bonifika
Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus): 1 ind., bonifika
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): 4 ind., bonifika
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea): 1 ind., bonifika
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia): 1 ind., bonifika
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia): 1 ind., bonifika & laguna
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus): 1 ind., laguna
Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus): 1 ind., bonifika
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo): 1 ind., bonifika
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus): 1 ind., bonifika
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola): 1 ind., laguna
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius): 1 ind., laguna
Dunlin (Calidris alpina): 1 ind., laguna
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 3 ind., laguna & bonifika
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus): 4 ind., laguna
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos): 13 ind., laguna
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus): 2 ind., laguna
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia): 27 ind., laguna
Curlew (Numenius arquata): 5 ind., laguna
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago): 5 ind., bonifika
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo): 3 ind., laguna
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia): 1 ind., laguna
Common Swift (Apus apus): 2 ind., bonifika
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): 6 ind., laguna & bonifika
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis): 1 ind., bonifika
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 6 ind., laguna
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos): 7 ind., bonifika
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica): 1 ind., bonifika
Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis): 4 ind., bonifika & laguna
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin): 1 ind., bonifika
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): 7 ind., bonifika
Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): 1 ind., bonifika

Caspian Tern, photo: Duša Vadnjal

Interesting observations, 10 August 2023

10.08.2023

The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

Gadwall (Mareca strepera): 2 ind., laguna
Shoveler (Spatula clypeata): 1 ind., laguna
Teal (Anas crecca): 17 ind., laguna
Pochard (Aythya ferina): 2 ind., bonifika
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula): 1 ind., laguna
Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus): 6 ind., laguna & bonifika
Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus): 2 ind., bonifika
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): 6 ind., bonifika
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea): 2 ind., bonifika
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis): 1 ind., bonifika
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo): 1 ind., bonifika
Hobby (Falco subbuteo): 1 ind., bonifika
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus): 1 ind., bonifika
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius): 1 ind., laguna
Little Stint (Calidris minuta): 2 ind., laguna
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 2 ind., laguna
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos): 13 ind., laguna
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia): 26 ind., laguna
Curlew (Numenius arquata): 1 ind., laguna
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons): 1 ind., laguna
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo): 21 ind., laguna
Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus): 1 ind., bonifika
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur): 2 ind., laguna
Hoopoe (Upupa epops): 1 ind., bonifika
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): 3 ind., laguna & bonifika
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis): 1 ind., bonifika
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 2 ind., laguna
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos): 2 ind., bonifika
Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis): 2 ind., bonifika & laguna
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): 4 ind., bonifika
Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): 1 ind., bonifika

Goshawk, photo: Domen Stanič

Interesting observations, 3 August 2023

03.08.2023

The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

Shoveler (Spatula clypeata): 1 ind., laguna
Teal (Anas crecca): 3 ind., laguna
Pochard (Aythya ferina): 3 ind., bonifika
Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus): 33 ind., bonifika & laguna
Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus): 5 ind., bonifika
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax): 3 ind., bonifika
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): 4 ind., bonifika
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides): 1 ind., bonifika
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta): 50 ind., bonifika & laguna
Great Egret (Ardea alba): 1 ind., laguna
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea): 2 ind., bonifika
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo): 1 ind., bonifika
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 1 ind., laguna
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola): 1 ind., laguna
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius): 1 ind., laguna
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 1 ind., laguna
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus): 1 ind., laguna
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos): 4 ind., laguna
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus): 4 ind., laguna
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia): 27 ind., laguna
Curlew (Numenius arquata): 3 ind., laguna
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons): 10 ind., laguna & bonifika
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo): 47 ind., laguna
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus): 1 ind., bonifika
Hoopoe (Upupa epops): 2 ind., bonifika
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): 3 ind., laguna & bonifika
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis): 1 ind., bonifika
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 4 ind., laguna
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos): 1 ind., bonifika
Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis): 5 ind., bonifika & laguna
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): 9 ind., bonifika
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus): 1 ind., bonifika
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio): 1 ind., laguna
Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus): 2 ind., bonifika

Grey plover, photo: Duša Vadnjal