Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 12th decade:
Lake Ormož:
- Black-nacked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) – 8 ind.
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) – 1 ind.
- Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) – 3 ind.
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina) – 1 ind.
- Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) – 28 ind.
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) – 14 ind.
- Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) – 4 ind.
- Little Gull (Larus minutus) – 149 ind.
- Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) – 30 ind.
- Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) – 978 ind.
- White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) – 149 ind.
Lake Ptuj:
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stelatta) – 3 ind.
- Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) – 2 ind.
- Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) – 2 ind.
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) – 6 ind.
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) – 1 ind.
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) – 1 ind.
- Little Gull (Larus minutus) – 507 ind.
- Common Gull (Larus canus) – 1 ind.
- Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) – 8 ind.
- Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) – 1218 ind.
- White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) – 11 ind.
