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Interesting observations, 3 April 2024

The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

  • Northern Pintail (Anas acuta): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Garganey (Anas querquedula (Spatula querquedula)): 2 ind., bonifika & laguna;
  • Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca): 1 ind., laguna;
  • Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus): 6 ind., bonifika;
  • Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 18 ind., bonifika & laguna;
  • Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius): 19 ind., bonifika;
  • Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola): 1 ind., laguna;
  • Ruff (Philomachus pugnax (Calidris pugnax)): 3 ind., laguna;
  • Dunlin (Calidris alpina): 7 ind., laguna;
  • Little Stint (Calidris minuta): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 11 ind., bonifika;
  • Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus): 4 ind., laguna;
  • Common Redshank (Tringa totanus): 12 ind., laguna;
  • Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus): 4 ind., laguna;
  • Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa): 1 ind., laguna;
  • Curlew (Numenius arquata): 9 ind., bonifika;
  • Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago): 9 ind., bonifika;
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus): 1 ind., laguna;
  • Sand Martin (Riparia riparia): 2 ind., bonifika;
  • Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica): 11 ind., bonifika;
  • House Martin (Delichon urbicum): 60 ind., bonifika;
  • Common Swift (Apus apus): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 6 ind., bonifika;
  • Hoopoe (Upupa epops): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans): 1 ind., bonifika;
  • Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus): 6 ind., bonifika;
  • Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus): 1 ind., bonifika;
Black-tailed Godwit, photo: Bojan Škerjanc