Wild Slovenia in Spring Naturetrek Tour Report 4 - 11 June 2019 Glanville Fritillary Mountain Pasque Flower Squacco Heron Malacosoma franconicum caterpillars Report Paul Tout & Domen Stanič Images by Paul Tout Naturetrek Mingledown Barn Wolf's Lane Chawton Alton Hampshire GU34 3HJ UK T: +44 (0)1962 733051 E:
[email protected] W: www.naturetrek.co.uk Tour Report Wild Slovenia in Spring Tour participants: Paul Tout and Domen Stanič (leaders) with 14 Naturetrek clients Day 1 Tuesday 4th June Stansted to Ljubljana & transfer to Žerovnica Flight EZY 3245 from Stansted airport arrived a little behind schedule and the group was met by Paul Tout and Domen Stanič, our local guides. It was a short walk to the vans, with the weather warm and humid, and we set off for our accommodation for the week, the Logar Farm Stay in Žerovnica, about an hour away. Arriving just after 6pm, we settled into our rooms with dinner an hour later. Day 2 Wednesday 5th June Žerovnica, Slivnica, Gorenje Jezero, Otok and return round the lake. Today the good weather allowed us to orientate ourselves in the area around our hotel which is set on the eastern shore of of Lake Cerknica in the Notrajnska region of southern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. This sparsely populated part of the country has hot, humid summers and bitterly cold winters and is renowned for its extensive forests and dairy industry, producing much of the milk and cheese in Slovenia. The keenest participants were up early to check the track down to the lake.