On Wensday, 24th of July 2013 several interesting bird species were spotted during our regular monitoring of larger important waterbodies at river Drava.
Weather: partly cloudy with occasional showers
Temperature: 30ºC
Wind: Calm NW
Interesting sights
Ormož Wastewater Basins:
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) – 4 individuals
- Curlew (Numenius arquata) – 1 individual
Lake Ormož:
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) – 2 individuals
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropous) – 1 individual
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) – 7 individuals
Lake Ptuj:
- Turnstone (Areanaria interpres) – 2 individuals
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina) – 2 individuals
- Black-necked Grabe (Podiceps nigricollis) – 1 individual
- Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) – 16 individuals
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) – 1 individial
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) – 66 individuals
- Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus) – 33 individuals
Photo: Tilen Basle
