Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 25th decade:
Ormož Wastewater Basins:
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) – 1 individual
Ormož Lake
- Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) – 1 individual
- Sanderling (Calidris alba) – 1 juvenile
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) – 1 individual
Ptuj Lake:
- Red-necked Grabe (Podiceps grisegena) – 2 individuals
- Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus) – 107 individuals
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) – 28 individuals (roosting)
- Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) – 2 individuals
- Coot (Fulica atra) – 1837 individuals
- Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) – 1 individual
- Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) – 9 individuals
- Common Gull (Larus canus) – 1 individual
