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Interesting observations, 13.5.2026

The latest bird sightings from Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve:

  • Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna): 1 ind., laguna
  • Little Crake (Porzana parva (Zapornia parva)): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): 15 ind., bonifika & laguna
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus): 1 ind., laguna
  • Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Ruff (Philomachus pugnax (Calidris pugnax)): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia): 17 ind., bonifika
  • Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 32 ind., bonifika
  • Common Redshank (Tringa totanus): 6 ind., laguna
  • Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus (Larus minutus)): 3 ind., laguna
  • Little Tern (Sternula albifrons): 14 ind., bonifika & laguna
  • Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica): 2 ind., laguna
  • Black Tern (Chlidonias niger): 20 ind., laguna
  • White-winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Common Tern (Sterna hirundo): 60 ind., laguna
  • Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): 5 ind., bonifika
  • Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides): 4 ind., bonifika
  • Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax): 4 ind., bonifika
  • Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus): 2 ind., bonifika
  • Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia): 6 ind., bonifika
  • Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus): 2 ind., bonifika
  • Montagu’s Harrier (Circus pygargus): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Hoopoe (Upupa epops): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus): 2 ind., bonifika
  • Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis): 3 ind., bonifika
  • Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): 5 ind., bonifika
  • Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): 18 ind., bonifika
  • Savi’s Warbler (Locustella luscinioides): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Sand Martin (Riparia riparia): 70 ind., bonifika
  • Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica): 1 ind., bonifika
  • Cetti’s Warbler (Cettia cetti): 8 ind., bonifika
  • Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos): 16 ind., bonifika
  • Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava): 6 ind., bonifika & laguna