Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 3th decade:

Lake Ormož

• Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) – 39 ind.
• Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) – 1 ind.
• Pochard (Aythya ferina) – 1141 ind.
• Greater Scaup (Aythya marilla) – 1 ind.
• Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) – 2 ind.
• Smew (Mergellus albellus) – 41 ind.
• Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) – 2 ind.

Lake Ptuj:

• Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica) – 1 ind.
• Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) – 1 ind.
• Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) – 1 ind.
• Shoveler (Anas clypeata) – 1 ind.
• Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) – 1 ind.
• Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) – 134 ind. (prenočujejo)
• Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) – 1 ind.

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On Wednesday, 22th of January we presented the area of project actions of LIVEDRAVA to colleagues from WWF Austria. Visitors were Arno Mohl and Tanja Nikowicz, who both have a lot of experiance with lowland riparian ecosystems. Because they showed great interest in river branch restoration, we examined the river branch near the inflow of river Dravinja into river Drava, which will be opened and restored in 2015. Water level was extremly high and the water was flowing through the river branch, which occurs rarely. When returning from the site, we ran into Mr. Meznarič, a local farmer who manages large agricultural lands in riparian forest. We exchanged views about natural processes and farming in this area today and in the past, which was really intersting. We finished the day with discussion about new, future options for river restoration, which is important for biodiversity conservation, preventing floods and provisioning of clean groundwater.

Photo: Tilen Basle

Photo: Tilen Basle

Photo: Tilen Basle

On Wednesday, 22th of January we presented the area of project actions of LIVEDRAVA to colleagues from WWF Austria. Visitors were Arno Mohl and Tanja Nikowicz, who both have a lot of experiance with lowland riparian ecosystems. More

Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 2nd decade:

Lake Ormož

• Great Egret (Ardea alba) – 81 ind.
• Pochard (Aythya ferina) – 828 ind.
• Scaup (Aythya marilla) – 1 ind.
• Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) – 2 ind.
• Smew (Mergellus albellus) – 29 ind.
• Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) – 3 ind.
• Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) – 1 ind.
• Common Gull (Larus canus) – 415 ind. (roosting)

Lake Ptuj:

• Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) – 4 ind.
• Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) – 1 ind.
• Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) – 1 ind.
• Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) – 515 ind. (roosting)
• Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) – 1 ind.
• Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) – 1 ind.

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On Monday, 13th of January we assumed a tractor with attachments we bought as a part of project LIVEDRAVA: Riparian ecosystem restoration of the lower Drava River in Slovenia (LIFE11 NAT/SI/882). It is a smaller tractor of a type New Holland TD4040F. Of attachments we bought a skidding winch, a single-axle trailer and a hydraulic forks with container. Tractor is of great importance to carry out many project actions and will be indispensable for livestock care, which will be released in the area of Ormož basins later this year.

Photo: Tilen Basle

On Monday, 13th of January we assumed a tractor with attachments we bought as a part of project LIVEDRAVA: Riparian ecosystem restoration of the lower Drava River in Slovenia (LIFE11 NAT/SI/882). It is a smaller tractor of a type New Holland TD4040F. Of attachments we bought a skidding winch, a single-axle trailer and a hydraulic forks with container. More

On Saturday, 11th and Sunday 12th of January 2014 we carried out the first aerial photo recording of Ormož Basins Nature Reserve in formation. Recording was part of action E.6 – Production and distribution of a documentary film. Recording is planned to be performed twice, once before restoration begins and once after restoration is complete. Recording was carried out by company AEROVIZIA d.o.o., pilot and photographer was Matevž Lenarčič.

Photo: Tilen Basle

Photo: Tilen Basle

Photo: Tilen Basle

Photo: Tilen Basle

On Saturday, 11th and Sunday 12th of January 2014 we carried out the first aerial photo recording of Ormož Basins Nature Reserve in formation. Recording was part of action E.6 – Production and distribution of a documentary film. More