Today, back from business work in Ljubljana I stopped at Cerkniško jezero. Full of water and lots of birds, although nothing really rare. Especially lots of migrants: House Martin
Delichon urbicum & Swallow
Hirundo rustica (+1000 in mixed flocks),
Sand Martin Riparia riparia (1),
Hobby Falco subbuteo (11), Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus (5),
Black Tern Chlidonias niger (3 juvs), Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe (17), Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra (+15), Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio (7),
Bee-eater Merops apiaster (5 heaing SE; 1st time I see them here), Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis, Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava, Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata (1), Garganey
Anas querquedula (3), Pochard
Aythya ferina (7). Also a small mixed flock of 4 Snipes
Gallinago gallinago and 1
Dunlin Calidris alpina (flying NW). Of the residents: Black Woodpecker
Dryocopus martius,
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (1), Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella (1), Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus (1), Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus (2), Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis (2).
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| Gentiana pneumonanthe |
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| Mentha aquatica |
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| Succisa pratensis |
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| Colchicum autumnale |
Also obligatory stop at Planinsko polje for the
Dipper Cinclus cinclus and Crag Martins
Ptyonoprogne rupestris (3) nearby.
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| Dipper Cinclus cinclus |
