29. October

Birders: Jon and Nejc Poljanec

Cormorant 23
Great Egret 2
Hen Harrier 2
Goshawk
Sparrowhawk
Lapwing 19
Snipe 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Water Pipit
Meadow Pipit 20
Dunnock 10
Song Thrush 30
Mistle Thrush 2
Redwing 15
Chiffchaff
Goldcrest 2
Short-Toed Treecreeper
Nuthatch 2
Great Grey Shrike 4
Brambling 70 +
Chaffinch 200 +
Linnet 50 +
Greenfinch 30 +
Hawfinch 3
Reed Bunting 50 +
Yellowhammer 30

Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus

flock of migrating Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo

(by J. Poljanec)

colour ringed Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor

Great Grey Shrike

  by Nejc Poljanec

28. October

Birders: Nejc Poljanec, Matija Mlakar Medved

Great Egret 4
Pheasant 3
Water Rail 2
Snipe 14
Lapwing 25
Sparrowhawk 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Kingfisher 2
Skylark 5
Water Pipit 5
Meadow Pipit 30
Dunnock 20
Stonechat 2
Song Thrush 30
Mistle Thrush 10
Redwing 10
Fieldfare 5
Goldcrest 10
Wren 5
Long-Tailed Tit 10
Treecreeper
Great Grey Shrike 3
Raven 6
Chaffinch 200 +
Brambling 100 +
Linnet 30
Goldcrest 100 +
Greenfinch 50 +
Hawfinch 20
Yelllowhammer 20
Reed Bunting 70 +

Middle Spotted Woodpecker;

 this is the 2nd recording of this very rare species in Ljubljansko Barje.

This is wintering specimen the flooded alder forest.

flooded mature black alder forest Alnus glutinosa in Ljubljansko Barje

colour ringed Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 

the first year's flock of Lapwings Vanellus vanellus

27. October

Birders: Matija Mlakar Medved, Nejc Poljanec

Great Egret 3
Snipe 11
White-Tailed Eagle
Sparrowhawk
Peregrine Falcon
Hen Harrier 4
Water Rail
Crane 80
Meadow Pipit 50 +
Water Pipit 3
Tree Pipit
Raven 20
Dunnock 20
Whinchat
Willow Tit
Reed Bunting 4
Yellowhammer 50
Brambling 100 +
Siskin  100 +
Greenfinch 50 +
Chaffinch 300 +

subad. White-Tailed Eagle Haliaetus albicilla mobbed by Hooded Crows;

the 7th record for Ljubljansko Barje 

ad. male Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 

colour ringed Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor

Great Grey Shrike with European Mole Cricket

European Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa; the prey of Great Grey Shrike

(by N. Poljanec)

24. October

Great Egret 20
Snipe 25
Yellow-Legged Gull
Hobby 
Pheasant 2
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Grey Woodpecker 2
Skylark 5
Meadow Pipit 200
Tree Pipit
Water Pipit 10
Great Grey Shrike 2
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Raven
Fieldfare 4
Song Thrush 100
Mistle Thrush 10
Dunnock 20
Greenfinch 50
Siskin 200
Linnet 100
Hawfinch 20
Chaffinch 500 +
Brambling 5

Hobby; late autmn observation 

(by L. Poljanec)

 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor

Goldcrest Regulus regulus

(by J. Poljanec)

Ljubljansko barje

(by N. Poljanec)

20. October

The Iški morost nature reserve

Snipe 5
Pheasant 2
Great Egret 2
Hen Harrier 2
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Wood Pigeon 300 +
Meadow Pipit 100 +
Tree Pipit
Dunnock
Chiffchaff 3
Wren 2
Chaffinch 250
Siskin 60
Hawfinch 10

 Hen Harrier - Iški Morost nature reserve

Good night 

(by N. Poljanec)

17. October

Birders: Matija, Luka, Maks, Jon and me
List:
Hooded Crow 100+
Magpie
Buzzard 5
Mallard 80
Mute Swan 2
Lapwing 1
Shelduck 1
White Wagtail 30
Meadow Pipit 150
Tree Pipit 5
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Starling 700
Stock Dove 7
Song Thrush 300
Kestrel 7
Chaffinch 100
Wood Pigeon 650
Chiffchaff 10
Water Rail 2
Skylark 25
Tree Sparrow 70
House Sparrow 20
Black Redstart 15
Water Pipit 20
Siskin 20
Grey Wagtail 1
Common Snipe 23
Goldfinch 35
Raven 1
JACK SNIPE 1
Reed Bunting 4
Coot 1
Dunnock 5
Brambling 15
Long-tailed Tit 15
Hen Harrier 1f
Yellow Wagtail 1 ssp. flavissima
Wren 1
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1
Red-backed Shrike 1juv
Blue Tit 20
Great Tit 15
Sedge Warbler 2
Greenfinch 1
Great Grey Shrike 3
Grey Heron 5
Serin 1
Fieldfare 1
Redstart 1
Great Egret 18
Marsh Harrier 2
Cormorant 1

Female Marsh Harrier (by Maks Sešlar)

Chiffchaff (by Maks Sešlar)

Cormorant (by Maks Sešlar)

Red-backed Shrike (by Maks Sešlar)

A migrating bat (by Maks Sešlar)

A Wood Pogeon flock (by Maks Sešlar)

Floods (by Mitja Denac)

Holes in the ground, found in the place, where the Jack Snipe was flushed (by Mitja Denac)

The Jack Snipe drawing (by Matija Mlakar Medved)

The flavissima Yellow Wagtail (by Luka Poljanec)

Female Hen Harrier (by Maks Sešlar)

Shelduck (by Maks Sešlar)

Common Snipe (by Maks Sešlar)

Flooding!! 16.October

It was very rainy last week and Lj. Barje is under water.
A lots of birds have landed on flooded fields:
Great Egret
Grey Heron
Mallard 100+
Garganey 30
Shelduck
Black-headed Gull 20
Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Little Crake
Mute Swan
Hen Harrier
Marsh Harrier
Snipe
Great Grey Shrike
Peregrine Falcon attacking 1000+ flocks of starlings
Skylark 10
Meadow Pipit 100+
Linnet 90
Goldfinch
Siskin
Song Thrush 300+

Mediterranean Gull in flock with 20 Black-headed and one Little Gull-quite rare look on Lj. Barje

Shelduck

Ljubljansko Barje under water

Little Gull

Photos by L. Poljanec

13. October

Mallard 20
Garganey 40
Little Grebe

Grey Heron 2
Hen Harrier 3 (2f, 1m)
Common Buzzard 10
Sparrowhawk 2
Goshawk 1
Kestrel 10
Merlin 2
Water Rail 5
Coot 2
Snipe 8
Feral Pigeon
Wood Pigeon 500
Great Spotted woodpecker
Skylark 20
Barn Swallow 20
Water Pipit 1
Meadow Pipit 100
Red-throated Pipit 1
White Wagtail
Grey Wagtail 3
Dunnock 20
Robin
Song Thrush 80
Fieldfare 1
Blackcap
Sedge Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 20
Great Tit
Blue Tit 20
Nuthatch
Great Grey Shrike 1
Raven 3
Starling 20
Tree Sparrow 30
Chaffinch 600
Brambling 1
Linnet 50
Siskin 100
Serin 2
Hawfinch 15
Yellowhammer 20

Captured Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), bread for releasing and hunting.

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

Purple Betony (Betonica officinalis)

One of the many Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) flocks

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Ljubljansko Barje

Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus shoenbanus)

Male Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

photos by Nejc Poljanec and Matija Mlakar Medved

9. October

Common Buzzrad 10
Sparrowhawk 2
Kestrel 15
Grey Heron 1
Wood Pigeon 450
Chaffinch 141
Siskin 40
Penduline Tit 2
Water Rail 2
Great Grey Shrike 4
Goldfinch 40
Yellowhammer 51
Stonechat 6
Linnet 20
Skylark 25
Common Snipe 2
Meadow Pipit 40
Chifchaf 40
Song Thrush 60
Blackcap 1
Little Grebe 1
Hen Harrier 1f
Great Egret 1
Long-tailed Tit 16
Brambling 1
Kingfisher 1

Yellowhammer 

Long-tailed Tit

Hooded Crows (pics by Mitja Denac)

6. October

Great Egret 3
Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Snipe 2
Green Woodpecker
Skylark 10
Tree Pipit 6
Dunnock
Redstart
Sedge Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 20
Great Grey Shrike 3
Raven
Tree Sparrow 600
Linnet 60
Redpoll
Siskin 300
Yellowhammer 70

Great Grey Shrike Lanius Excubitor 

(by N. Poljanec)