CONTINENTAL WETLANDS & RIVERS
Despite being a largely forested country, Slovenia has also some excellent wetland sites. Most wetlands are continental, with only a few lying on the country’s short stretch of coast. Certainly the most famous and interesting is the temporary karstic lake (or “turlough”) of Cerknica, in the Notranjska region. This place has an exceptional biodiversity due to its varied landscapes with lake, reedbeds, wet meadows, channels, forest and farmland. Being temporary, the lake is full of water only after heavy rainfall (usually in autumn and spring). Northeastern, lowland Slovenia has many interesting freshwater wetlands, typical of the Pannonian region. Although most of the lakes, marshes and reservoirs in the Štajerska region are man-made, they are extremely rich in birds and other wildlife and include areas such as Ptuj and Ormož lakes, the Medvedce reservoir, the Ormož, Rače and Vrbje fishponds. Wetlands are a real paradise for birds either for breeding, wintering or as stop-over sites during migration.
Famous & Charismatic Species
Aythya nyroca / Kostanjevka
Podiceps cristatus / Čopasti ponirek
Fulica atra / Črna liska
Tachybaptus ruficollis / Mali ponirek
Porzana porzana / Grahasta tukalica
Porzana parva / Mala tukalica
Podiceps nigricollis / Črnovrati ponirek
Podiceps grisegena / Rjavovrati ponirek
Gallinago gallinago / Kozica
Numenius arquata / Veliki škurh
Ixobrychus minutus / Čapljica
Botaurus stellaris / Bobnarica
Haliaeetus albicilla / Orel belorepec
Circus aeruginosus / Rjavi lunj
Ciconia nigra / Črna štorklja
Sterna hirundo / Navadna čigra
Larus melanocephalus / Črnoglavi galeb
Locustella naevia / Kobiličar
Locustella fluviatilis / Rečni cvrčalec
Locustella luscinioides / Trstni cvrčalec
Crex crex / Kosec
Coturnix coturnix / Prepelica
Motacilla flava / Rumena pastirica
Mergellus albellus / Mali žagar
Bucephala clangula / Zvonec
Aythya marila / Rjavka
Melanitta fusca / Beloliska
Clangula hyemalis / Zimska raca
Cygnus cygnus / Labod pevec
Cygnus columbianus / Mali labod
Anser erythropus / Mala gos
Branta ruficollis / Rdečevrata gos
Chlidonias leucopterus / Močvirska čigra
Plegadis falcinellus / Plevica
Platalea leucorodia / Žličarka
Anas querquedula / Reglja
Phalacrocorax pygmeus / Pritlikavi kormoran
Pandion haliaetus / Ribji orel
Pelophylax ridibundus / Debeloglavka
Pelophylax esculentus / Zelena žaba
Hyla arborea / Zelena rega
Bombina variegata / Hribski urh
Bufo bufo / Navadna krastača
Bufo viridis / Zelena krastača
Lissotriton vulgaris / Navadni pupek
Triturus cristatus / Veliki severni pupek
Salamandra atra / Navadni močerad
Pelobates fuscus / Česnovka
Bombina bombina / Nižinski urh
Triturus dobrogicus / Panonski pupek
Triturus carnifex / Veliki pupek
Rana latastei / Laška žaba
Natrix natrix / Belouška
Natrix tessellata / Kobranka
Emys orbicularis / Močvirska sklednica
Cinclus cinclus / Povodni kos
Motacilla cinerea / Siva pastirica
Mergus merganser / Veliki žagar
Alcedo atthis / Vodomec
Riparia riparia / Breguljka
Actitis hypoleucos / Mali martinec
Charadrius dubius / Mali deževnik
Lutra lutra / Vidra
Castor fiber / Bober
Salmo marmoratus / Soška postrv
Austropotamobius pallipes / Primorski koščak
Austropotamobius torrentium / Navadni koščak
Astacus astacus / Jelševec
