Today during our weekly bird counts in the brackish lagoon we observed a Golden Jackal (Canis aureus), representing the first documented sighting of this species in our nature reserve.

Latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok:

• Teal (Anas crecca): 5 ind., laguna
• Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus): 23 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea): 1 ind., bonifika
• Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus): 2 ind., bonifika
• Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): 3 ind., bonifika
• Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus): 1 ind., bonifika
• Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 4 ind., laguna & bonifika
• Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius): 1 ind., laguna
• Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 8 ind., laguna & bonifika
• Redshank (Tringa totanus): 6 ind., laguna
• Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos): 9 ind., laguna
• Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus): 1 ind., laguna
• Greenshank (Tringa nebularia): 20 ind., laguna
• Curlew (Numenius arquata): 3 ind., laguna
• Snipe (Gallinago gallinago): 2 ind., laguna
• Little Tern (Sternula albifrons): 21 ind., laguna & bonifika
• Common Tern (Sterna hirundo): 36 ind., laguna
• Hoopoe (Upupa epops): 1 ind., bonifika
• Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): 1 ind., laguna
• Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis): 1 ind., bonifika
• Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 4 ind., bonifika & laguna
• Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos): 4 ind., bonifika
• Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis): 5 ind., bonifika
• Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala): 1 ind., bonifika
• Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): 15 ind., bonifika
• Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): 3 ind., bonifika
• Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta): 1 ind., laguna
• Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus): 1 ind., bonifika