Interesting bird sightings from our regular waterbirds monitoring on the Drava river – 30th 10-day period:
Lake Ormož:
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) – 1 ind.
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) – 15 ind.
- White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) – 2 ind.
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) – 5746 ind.
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina) – 1 ind.
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) – 1 ind.
Lake Ptuj:
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) – 519 ind.
- Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) – 1 ind.
- Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) – 2 ind.
- Eurasian Widgeon (Anas penelope) – 293 ind.
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) – 2548 ind.
- Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) – 68 ind.
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) – 10.242 ind.
- Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) – 1 ind.
- Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) – 1 ind.
- Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) – 1 ind.
Greatest number of water birds on Lake Ptuj in the last 25 years, together 21.780!
