Interesting bird sightings from our regular waterbirds monitoring on the Drava river – 18th 10-day period:
Lake Ormož:
- Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) – 1 ind.
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) – 7 ind.
- White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) – 1 ind.
- Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) – 2 ind.
Lake Ptuj:
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) – 1 ind.
- Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) – 3 ind.
- Garganey (Anas querquedula) – 4 ind.
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) – 1 ind.
- Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) – 1 ind.
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) – 2 ind.
- Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) – 8 ind.
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) – 1 ind.