Regular monitoring of water birds on the river Drava – 20th decade

Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 20th decade:

Lake Ormož:

• Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) – 423 ind.
• Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) – 5 ind.
• Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) – 22 ind.
• Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus) – 21 ind.
• Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) – 2 ind.

Lake Ptuj:

• Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) – 46 ind.
• Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) – 6 ind.
• Coot (Fulica atra) – 212 ind.
• Shoveler (Anas clypeata) – 2 ind.
• Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) – 5 ind.