I was at Medvedce reservoir yesterday. It was a nice sunny day with loose SW wind (I was a bit worried about it, but it turned out very well indeed). While I was walking there from the train station, I saw 2 White-tailed Eagles (ad. and 1y.) and numerous mixed flocks of Lapwings and Starlings. Those flocks were actually the commonest scene that day. The start looked promising! At the end of the day (or better said a 3-hour visit) I counted almost 500 Lapwings. Other interesting birds: a Gooshawk, 3 Sparrowhawks, 12 Graylegs, more than 20 Great White Egrets, only 5 local Coots, just 40 Teals, first 2 Little Grebe, 49 Wigeons, a male Gadwall, also years first 4 Ferruginous Ducks, 2 Hen Harriers (females or 1y.), 1079 Mallards, 8 Goosanders, 15 Tufted Ducks, a pair of Goldeneyes and a male Greater Scaup. The last one is very rare visitor here at Medvedce reservoir, with less than 10 sightings in last 15 or 20 years.
Other birds: Starlings (all together around 2.000), Ravens, Woodpigeons, Stock Doves, migrating Reed Buntings and Skylarks. So yes, migration is now really here. My next visit at Medvedce will probably be next week.
Another interesting birds these days were 2 wintering White Storks in the nearby village Rače and 3 Tawny Owls in the Maribor City park (2 males, 1 female).
There are still many BHGs at the Drava river in Maribor. Today I successfully read 5 color rings, 4 of them were ringed in Croatia and one with Polish ring (that bird had been also observed in Ptuj on 20. January)
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