The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

• Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides): 2 ind., bonifika & laguna;
• Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus): 2 ind., bonifika;
• Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): 28 ind., bonifika;
• Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus): 2 ind., bonifika;
• Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia): 4 ind., bonifika;
• Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Little Crake (Porzana parva (Zapornia parva)): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 14 ind., bonifika & laguna;
• Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus): 5 ind., laguna;
• Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 1 ind., laguna;
• Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos): 3 ind., bonifika & laguna;
• Common Redshank (Tringa totanus): 21 ind., laguna;
• Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus ): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus): 2 ind., laguna;
• Common Tern (Sterna hirundo): 88 ind., laguna;
• Little Tern (Sternula albifrons): 18 ind., bonifika & laguna;
• Black Tern (Chlidonias niger): 12 ind., bonifika & laguna;
• Common Swift (Apus apus): 4 ind., bonifika;
• Sand Martin (Riparia riparia): 10 ind., bonifika;
• House Martin (Delichon urbicum): 30 ind., bonifika;
• Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 5 ind., bonifika & laguna;
• Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis): 2 ind., bonifika;
• Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio): 1 ind., bonifika;
• Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus): 3 ind., bonifika;
• Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): 6 ind., bonifika;
• Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): 9 ind., bonifika;

Black Tern, photo: Iztok Zupan