Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 32nd decade:
Lake Ormož:
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) – 1 ind.
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) – 4 ind.
- Eurasian Crane (Grus grus) – 913 ind.(more flocks, migrating)
- Lapwing (Aythya marila) – 10 ind.
Lake Ptuj:
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) – 1 ind.
- Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) – 5 ind.
- White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) – 2 ind.
- Eurasian Crane (Grus grus) – 649 ind.(more flocks, migrating)
- Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) – 1 ind.
- Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) – 12 ind.
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahelis) – 5984 ind. (roosting)