Hrušovská zdrž water reservoir
Monday, April 11, 2011
We made small birdwatching trip just outside of Bratislava on Monday. We visited water reservoir Hrušovská zdrž on Danube River (IBA Dunajské luhy). It was cloudy and little bit windy, slightly over 10°C. During our 2,5 hour visit we have seen or heard 44 different bird species.
Here is the list of them:
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 10
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) 5
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) 5
Goosander (Mergus merganser) 1
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 1 male
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 2
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) 11
Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus) 11
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) 1
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) 1
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) 1
Black headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) 3
Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) 1
unidentified large gull (Larus cachinnans/michahellis) min.15
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 1
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) 8
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia f. domestica)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius) 13
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) 1
Great Tit (Parus major)
Common Skylark (Alauda arvensis) H
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 7
Long tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) H
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) H
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) H
Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) 1 H
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) 1
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 3
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) 1
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) 4
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) 7
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) 1
number of observed individuals is mentioned only if we were able to count them, or make an estimation; “H” means that we heard it
