Of Teals and Rain

11^th September, Škocjanski zatok

The end of the Eurobasket in Koper has come with T-storms and heavy showers.

Raining in my terrace.

This morning I spotted a gap in the sky and head to Škocjanski zatok to check for migrants. I found a large number of Teals resting in the reserve. I counted 280 before a Marsh Harrier flushed them into hiding. The lagoon was particularly calm and not much of notice. As summers ends breeding birds leave while the winter ones do not seem to have arrived.

Grey Heron stalking prey.

A mass of menacing dark clouds advancing from the Gulf of Trieste made me reconsider my birding plans. I return home just as the rain started to fall violently. Proper Autum indeed!