Bird AlbumSlovenia · Municipality of Cerknica
Cerkniško jezero | Lake Cerknica
232 species and 16,958 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–June, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Great TitParus major
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus72 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 232 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ljubljansko barje – vzhod | Ljubljana marsh – east26 km193 species
- Park Tivoli34 km111 species
- Trbojsko jezero | Lake Trboje49 km140 species
- NR Škocjanski zatok54 km215 species
- Sv. Katarina55 km132 species
- Zalog57 km167 species
All 232 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Great Tit Parus major
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Italian Sparrow Passer italiae
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cerkniško jezero | Lake Cerknica?
April–June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cerkniško jezero | Lake Cerknica?
232 species, from 16,958 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cerkniško jezero | Lake Cerknica in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Grey Heron, Hooded Crow, Common Blackbird and Common Buzzard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.