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Interesting observations, 11 April 2024

The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

  • Garganey (Anas querquedula (Spatula querquedula)): 2 ind., bonifika & laguna;
  • Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca): 2 ind., laguna;
  • Bittern (Botaurus stellaris): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides): 3 ind., bonifika;
  • Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus): 2 ind., bonifika;
  • Little Crake (Porzana parva (Zapornia parva)): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 20 ind., bonifika & laguna;
  • Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus): 5 ind., laguna;
  • Ruff (Philomachus pugnax (Calidris pugnax)): 3 ind., laguna;
  • Dunlin (Calidris alpina): 7 ind., laguna;
  • Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 21 ind., bonifika;
  • Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus): 1 ind., laguna;
  • Common Redshank (Tringa totanus): 18 ind., laguna;
  • Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis): 1 ind., laguna;
  • Curlew (Numenius arquata): 2 ind., laguna;
  • Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago): 3 ind., bonifika;
  • Common Tern (Sterna hirundo): 3 ind., laguna;
  • Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia (Sterna caspia)): 3 ind., laguna;
  • Common Swift (Apus apus): 6 ind., bonifika;
  • Alpine Swift (Apus melba (Tachymarptis melba)): 5 ind., bonifika;
  • Sand Martin (Riparia riparia): 3 ind., bonifika;
  • Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 6 ind., bonifika;
  • Hoopoe (Upupa epops): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos): 4 ind., bonifika;
  • Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca): 2 ind., bonifika;
  • Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans): 2 ind., bonifika;
  • Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus): 1 ind., bonifika;
Squacco Heron, photo: Duša Vadnjal