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Regular monitoring of water birds on the river Drava – 3th decade

Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 3th decade:



Lake Ormož

  • Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) – 39 ind.
  • Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) – 1 ind.
  • Pochard (Aythya ferina) – 1141 ind.
  • Greater Scaup (Aythya marilla) – 1 ind.
  • Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) – 2 ind.
  • Smew (Mergellus albellus) – 41 ind.
  • Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) – 2 ind.

Lake Ptuj:

  • Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica) – 1 ind.
  • Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) – 1 ind.
  • Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) – 1 ind.
  • Shoveler (Anas clypeata) – 1 ind.
  • Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) – 1 ind.
  • Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) – 134 ind. (prenočujejo)
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) – 1 ind.
Design: Polonca Peterca
Developer: Uroš Orešič in Gregor Sušanj