Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 27th decade:
Ormož Wastewater Basins:
- Wigeon (Anas penelope) – 19 ind.
- Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) – 1 ind.
Ormož Lake
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) – 4 ind.
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina) – 14 ind.
Ptuj Lake:
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) – 336 ind.
- Pintail (Anas acuta) – 23 ind.
- Shoveler (Anas clypeata) – 30 ind.
- Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) – 2 ind.
- Coot (Fulica atra) – 4288 ind.
- Sanderling (Calidris alba) – 1 ind.
- Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) – 1 ind.
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahelis) – 2403 individuals (roosting)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) – 5 ind.
- Total: 10.084 water birds counted (34 species)
