Interesting bird sightings from our regular water birds monitoring on the Drava river – 28th decade:
Lake Ormož:
- Great Egret (Ardea alba) – 161 ind.
- Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) – 138 ind.
- Wigeon (Anas penelope) – 45 ind.
- White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) – 2 ind.
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) – 2 ind.
- Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) – 52 ind.
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina) – 54 ind.
- Curlew (Numenius arquata) – 2 ind.
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) – 2 ind.
Lake Ptuj:
- Greylag Goose (Anser anser) – 19 ind.
- Pintail (Anas acuta) – 2 ind.
- Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) – 1 ind.
- Goosander (Mergus merganser) – 30 ind.
- Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) – 1 ind.
- Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) – 8 ind.
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) – 1 ind.
