The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

• Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata (Spatula clypeata)): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Common Pochard (Aythya ferina): 15 ind., bonifika;
• Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope (Mareca penelope)): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus): 4 ind., bonifika;
• Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea): 2 ind., bonifika;
• Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia): 2 ind., bonifika;
• Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 14 ind., bonifika & laguna;
• Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus): 2 ind., laguna;
• Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius): 2 ind., laguna;
• Common Redshank (Tringa totanus): 8 ind., laguna;
• Common Tern (Sterna hirundo): 116 ind., laguna;
• Little Tern (Sternula albifrons): 19 ind., bonifika & laguna;
• White-winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus): 3 ind., bonifika;
• Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida): 2 ind., bonifika;
• European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur): 1 ind., laguna;
• Hoopoe (Upupa epops): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 4 ind., laguna;
• Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis): 2 ind., bonifika;
• Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): 8 ind., bonifika;
• Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): 12 ind., bonifika;
• Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus): 2 ind., bonifika;
• Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus): 1 ind., bonifika;

ommon Rosefinch, photo: Duša Vadnjal