Yesterday I had the pleasure to lead a small birding group in the Isola della Cona nature reserve (GO). There were quite a lot of people around, visiting the reserve, because of an event (not sure which one). Anyway we managed to see some interesting species, as well as the usual ones:
Garganey,
Pochard (3 m in the inner marsh),
RED-CRESTED POCHARD (1 f sitting on a grassy island),
Marsh Harrier,
Sparrowhawk,
Black-winged Stilt,
Little Ringed Plover (at least 5),
Wood Sandpiper (the most numerous species - almost everywhere!),
Spotted Redshank (1 in almost black plumage),
Greenshank,
Ruff (20-25),
Cuckoo (1 heard),
Swift+Swallow+House Martin,
Yellow Wagtail (1),
Nightingale,
COMMON REDSTART (1 nice male flycatching from fenceposts - year's 1st!),
GREAT REED WARBLER (some heard singing in the surrounding reedbeds) and the first
GOLDEN ORIOLE for the season (1 singing).
Perhaps the most interesting sighting of the day was a mammal: while driving in the evening near Gabrovec (TS), a
BEECH MARTEN crossed the road and climbed on a fence at the roadside.