Škocjanski zatok: weekly bird monitoring today was a fight against the elements. There was a quite strong and cold wind...however I managed to count all the present species. In the last days there has been an increase of waders. Of note was a flock of 23 Lapwings (present since yesterday), 16 Pochards and a Grey Plover. Yesterday also the local GREEN SANDPIPER was seen. But here are the numbers:
101 Little Grebe
18 Great Crested Grebe
4 Cormorant
10 Pygmy Cormorant
2 Little Egret
3 Great Egret
25 Grey Heron
8 Mute Swan
33 Wigeon
39 Mallard
9 Shoveler
181 Teal
16 Pochard
2 Buzzard
3 Moorhen
399 Coot
1 Grey Plover
23 Lapwing
7 Curlew
1 Common Sandpiper
21 Greenshank
9 Snipe
76 Black-headed Gull
3 Common Gull
20 Yellow-legged Gull
2 Skylark
3 Water Pipit
6 White Wagtail
1 Robin
2 Cetti's Warbler
2 Chiffchaff
+20 Magpie
+5 Hooded Crow
4 Greenfinch
1 Goldfinch
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