From 1th of October, the OPEN HOURS of the
visitor center (reception, shop, bar) are from 8am to 7pm. On Mondays the center is CLOSED.
The Nature Reserve (nature trail with observation platforms and parking for visitors during their visit) is be OPEN EVERY DAY from 7am to 7pm.

The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

• Mute Swan (Cygnus olor): 16 ind., laguna
• Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata (Spatula clypeata)): 51 ind., laguna
• Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope (Mareca penelope)): 45 ind., laguna
• Common Teal (Anas crecca): 104 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis): 1 ind., laguna
• Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis): 36 ind., laguna
• Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus): 6 ind., laguna
• Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): 7 ind., bonifika
• Little Egret (Egretta garzetta): 25 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Great Egret (Ardea alba): 14 ind., laguna
• Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea): 17 ind., laguna
• European Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus): 4 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Common Coot (Fulica atra): 259 ind., laguna
• Ruff (Calidris pugnax): 1 ind., laguna
• Dunlin (Calidris alpina): 1 ind., laguna
• Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos): 1 ind., laguna
• Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia): 15 ind., laguna
• Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata): 1 ind., laguna
• Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago): 8 ind., laguna
• Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Larus ridibundus)): 26 ind., laguna
• Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus): 13 ind., bonifika
• Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): 5 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis): 2 ind., bonifika
• European Robin (Erithacus rubecula): 10 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe): 1 ind., bonifika
• Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala): 1 ind., laguna
• Cetti’s Warbler (Cettia cetti): 17 ind., bonifika & laguna

Ruff (Calidris pugnax), foto: Domen Stanič

The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

• Shoveler (Spatula clypeata): 22 ind., laguna
• Wigeon (Mareca penelope): 25 ind., laguna
• Teal (Anas crecca): 36 ind., laguna & bonifika
• Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis): 1 ind., laguna
• Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus): 1 ind., laguna & bonifika
• Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): 2 ind., bonifika
• White Stork (Ciconia ciconia): 7 ind., bonifika (15.9.)
• Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus): 1 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus): 1 ind., laguna
• Hobby (Falco subbuteo): 1 ind., bonifika
• Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus): 6 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola): 1 ind., laguna
• Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos): 2 ind., laguna
• Greenshank (Tringa nebularia): 14 ind., laguna
• Curlew (Numenius arquata): 1 ind., laguna
• Snipe (Gallinago gallinago): 1 ind., laguna
• Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): 4 ind., laguna & bonifika
• Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis): 1 ind., bonifika
• Wryneck (Jynx torquilla): 1 ind., bonifika
• Swallow (Hirundo rustica): 8 ind., bonifika
• House Martin (Delichon urbicum): 14 ind., bonifika
• Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 5 ind., laguna
• Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea): 1 ind., bonifika
• Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe): 1 ind., laguna
• Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra): 2 ind., bonifika
• Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin): 1 ind., bonifika
• Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala): 1 ind., bonifika
• Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): 1 ind., bonifika
• Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata): 1 ind., bonifika
• Serin (Serinus serinus): 6 ind., bonifika

Hobby, photo: Duša Vadnjal

The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

• Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna): 1 ind., laguna
• Shoveler (Spatula clypeata): 14 ind., laguna
• Wigeon (Mareca penelope): 12 ind., laguna
• Teal (Anas crecca): 82 ind., laguna & bonifika
• Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus): 1 ind., laguna & bonifika
• Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus): 1 ind., bonifika
• Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): 10 ind., bonifika
• Little Egret (Egretta garzetta): 107 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia): 1 ind., laguna (4.9.)
• Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus): 1 ind., bonifika
• Hobby (Falco subbuteo): 1 ind., bonifika
• Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus): 4 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana): 1 ind., bonifika
• Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 3 ind., bonifika
• Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula): 4 ind., laguna
• Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus): 1 ind., laguna
• Ruff (Calidris pugnax): 1 ind., laguna
• Knot (Calidris canutus): 2 ind., laguna
• Sanderling (Calidris alba): 1 ind., laguna (8.9-14.9. – 2. podatek/2nd record)
• Dunlin (Calidris alpina): 5 ind., laguna
• Little Stint (Calidris minuta): 1 ind., laguna
• Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii): 2 ind., laguna (4.9.)
• Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 1 ind., laguna
• Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus): 2 ind., laguna
• Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos): 2 ind., laguna
• Greenshank (Tringa nebularia): 24 ind., laguna
• Curlew (Numenius arquata): 3 ind., laguna
• Snipe (Gallinago gallinago): 3 ind., laguna
• Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus): 1 ind., bonifika
• Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): 5 ind., laguna & bonifika
• Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis): 1 ind., bonifika
• Wryneck (Jynx torquilla): 1 ind., bonifika
• Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis): 3 ind., bonifika
• Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 4 ind., laguna
• Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea): 1 ind., bonifika
• Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos): 2 ind., bonifika
• Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica): 1 ind., bonifika
• Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra): 3 ind., bonifika
• Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis): 1 ind., bonifika
• Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus): 1 ind., bonifika
• Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): 2 ind., bonifika
• Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): 1 ind., bonifika
• Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata): 2 ind., bonifika
• Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca): 1 ind., bonifika

Sanderling, photo: Domen Stanič