Interesting bird sightings from our regular waterbirds monitoring on the Drava river – 29th 10-day period:
Lake Ormož:
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) – 733 ind.
- Euroasian Widgeon (Anas penelope) – 287 ind.
- Gadwall (Anas strepera) – 58 ind.
- Nortern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) – 82 ind.
- Garganey (Anas querquedula) – 1 ind.
- Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) – 2 ind.
Ptujsko jezero:
- Greylag Goose (Anser anser) – 40 ind.
- Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) – 1 ind.
- Euroasian Widgeon (Anas penelope) – 293 ind.
- Gadwall (Anas strepera) – 68 ind.
- Nortern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) – 191 ind.
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) – 21 ind.
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) – 825 ind.
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) – 2055 ind.
- European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) – 1 ind.
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) – 1 ind.
- Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) – 4 ind.
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) – 4283 (roosting) ind.
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) – 1 ind.
