Monitoring
The first find of a snow bunting in the Krka National Park
We are extremely pleased to announce that the first recorded sighting of a snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) has been recorded in the Krka National Park, increasing the bird population in the Park to as many as 230 species
Investigation and monitoring of the status of white-legged crayfish – Austropotamobius pallipes –in the Krka NP area
The white-legged crayfish has a natural distribution in all the rivers of the Adriatic basin and also in the Lika region. However, due to a series of pressures and threats to freshwater habitats (deterioration of water quality, the regulation of watercourses, invasive species), the white-legged crayfish has been disappearing from many locations where it was once present
Monitoring summer (nursing) bat colonies in the Miljacka II cave in 2024
In summer 2024, the company Geonatura d.o.o. conducted monitoring of summer bat colonies in the Miljacka II cave, an internationally important underground bat habitat (UNEP/EUROBATS)
Mapping the target species of Dalmatian scilla or amethyst meadow squill
Dalmatian scilla (Chouardia litardierei) is an endemic Illyrian-Balkan species that grows on open, occasionally flooded or wet habitats, mainly meadows, grasslands, and basophilic outcrops.
Praćenje gnijezdećih parova ušara (Bubo bubo) na području NP „Krka“ 2024. godine
Od 6. veljače do 15. ožujka 2024. godine na sedamnaest lokaliteta duž kanjona rijeka Krke i Čikole, tijekom dvadeset pet terenskih izlazaka u večernjim satima, za zalaska Sunca, osluškivan je pjev mužjaka sove ušare
Monitoring the state of the olm in 2023
The olm Proteus anguinus is a unique species, and the only true subterranean vertebrate of the Dinarides, representing exceptional natural wealth
Monitoring the conservation state of target habitat types: 91F0 – flooded mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus leavis, Ulmus minor, Fraxinus angustifolia, and 9340 – evergreen holm oak forests (Quercus ilex)
In 2023, the company Prosilva d.o.o. performed research in the territory of Krka National park to determine the state of two Natura 2000 habitat types: 91F0 – flooded mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus leavis, Ulmus minor, Fraxinus angustifolia, and 9340 – evergreen holm oak forests (Quercus ilex), and the measures required for their conservation
Monitoring the state and structure of representative forest communities in Krka National Park
The multi-year monitoring of the state of forest communities within Krka National Park continues
The winter census of waterbirds in the Krka National Park in 2024
This year as well, the Krka National Park joined the winter waterbirds census, the oldest and largest monitoring of biodiversity in the world, organised by Wetlands International, an international organisation for the protection of wetlands. It has taken place since 1967, and Croatia has participated in it since 1982.