Winter waterbird census in Krka NP in 2025
The waterfowl count in eight areas along the Krka River was conducted on January 18th and 19th, with observations from land and from a vessel, by ornithologist Ivan Budinski from the Biom association and security and expert service employees of the Krka National Park
Incidentally, observations of other significant bird species, especially raptors, were also recorded.
With this annual activity, the Krka National Park has joined the winter waterbird count, the oldest and largest biodiversity monitoring in the world, which has been organised since 1967 by the world organisation for the protection of marshy areas, Wetlands International.
This year's census recorded a total of twenty-two species of waterfowl with 1,823 individuals in the Krka National Park. As in previous years, the most numerous wintering bird in the Park is the coot, followed by the tufted duck, the common pochard, and the mallard. The great comorant and pygmy comorant were recorded in slightly higher numbers during the winter.
The largest number of birds was counted in the area upstream from Skradinski buk towards Visovac and in the area of the mouth of the Čikola River in Krka. The most numerous flocks of tufted ducks and coots were recorded there.
The highest number of raptors was recorded in the middle course of the canyon upstream from Roški slap. We were particularly pleased by the flight of a golden eagle, a species that nested in the Park until the beginning of the century.
Birds are increasingly endangered, mostly due to the destruction of their habitats and increasing climate change.
Monitoring
JOŠ NOVOSTI IZ KATEGORIJE
Monitoring of nesting pairs of the Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) in the Krka NP area in 2026
From February 8 to March 14, 2026, during thirty-one field trips, the nature guards of the Krka National Park listened to the singing of male eagle owls in the evening hours, during sunset, at twenty-one locations along the canyons of the Krka and Čikola Rivers
Monitoring the status of hibernating bat colonies in the broader area of Krka National Park in 2026
In January 2026, the company Geonatura d.o.o. conducted monitoring of hibernating bat colonies in the broader area of the Krka National Park, which included an inspection of the underground shelters of Topla Pećina Cave, Miljacka II Cave, Velika Pećina Kaočinka Cave and Stara Jametina Cave
Monitoring the occurrence of plant diseases and pests in forest communities of the Krka NP
The project "Monitoring the occurrence of plant diseases and pests in forest communities of the Krka National Park – 2024 and 2025" was implemented with the aim of systematically monitoring the health of the Park's forest ecosystems in conditions of pronounced climate change, frequent dry periods, forest fires, and an increased risk of the appearance and spread of harmful and invasive organisms
Winter Counting of Waterfowl in the area of the Krka National Park in 2026
This year we also counted waterfowl in the Krka National Park area