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| Colony of herons and cormorants in Divjaka |
Albanian Ornithological Society through a status on Facebook has notified that we have six nesting species in the colony of herons and cormorants.
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Great news from Divjaka! Today, in the International Day of Biological Diversity, on the International Day of Biological Diversity, 22nd of May 2020, we would like to share the results from the field monitoring of the colony of herons and cormorants.
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| A little cormorant, the black heron, and the little white heron |
The mixed colony of Herons and Cormorants in Divjaka is booming with breeding activity. The monitoring of the colony, from the air by drone and land with binoculars and spotting scopes, demonstrates that the breeding activity has started since April with the successful reproduction of:
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| The heron of the night ((𝘕𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘹 𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘹)) |
Little Egret (𝘌𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘻𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢) with 35% of breeding pairs,
Pygmy Cormorant (𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰 𝘱𝘺𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘶𝘴) with 25%,
Night Heron (𝘕𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘹 𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘹) with 13%,
Cattle Egret (𝘉𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘴) with 10%,
Squacco heron (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴) with 8% 𝘢𝘯𝘥
Glossy Ibis (..) With 9%.
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| Little Egret (𝘌𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘻𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢) |
The field visit at the colony and the survey at a certain distance show that the bulk of Little Egrets and Pygmy Cormorants has hatched their eggs while the other species continue egg incubation.
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| Night Heron, Little Egret and Cattle Egret |
The colony seems undisturbed and in good shape. Aerial pictures show that the colony is more or less of the same size as last year. Nevertheless, the exact number of breeding pairs is expected to be verified at the end of the breeding season.
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| Colony of herons and cormorants in Divjaka |
The numbers and the pictures from the colony demonstrate that Divjaka-Karavasta is the largest colony of Herons and Cormorants in Albania. This colony provides without any doubt an extraordinary asset for the biological diversity in Albania. A value that should be protected especially from the hydro-logical changes that might affect the entire habitat.
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| Colony of herons and cormorants in Divjaka |
𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆! 𝟮𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
