Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 13th decade:
Lake Ormož:
- Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) – 2 ind.
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) – 1 ind.
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) – 1 ind.
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) – 1 ind.
- Sanderling (Calidris alba) – 1 ind.
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta) – 1 ind.
- Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii) – 2 ind.
- Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) – 1 ind.
- Little Gull (Larus minutus) – 52 ind.
Lake Ptuj:
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stelatta) – 4 ind.
- Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) – 1 ind.
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) – 1 ind.
- Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) – 4 ind.
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans) – 1 ind.
- Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) – 1 ind.
- Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) – 1 ind.
- Little Gull (Larus minutus) – 712 ind.
- Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) – 4 ind.
