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ponovno obiskal Črnotiče in pisana penica je spet pela na 
istem mestu kot leta 2016. Tudi njeno vedenje je bilo enako, 
tudi pela je med letom nad grmovjem. Ko sem postavil 
mrežo z namenom, da obročkam vsaj enega izmed številnih 
velikih strnadov Emberiza calandra, se je nepričakovano 
ob mreži pojavila pojoča pisana penica. Bolj po naključju je 
letela mimo mreže, ob vračanju pa ni letela popolnoma po 
isti “trasi", in ujela se je v mrežo. Po obročkanju in zbranih 
biometričnih podatkih sem jo v roki tudi slikal (slika 8). 
Odločil sem se, da se na to mesto z istim namenom vrnem še 
leta 2018. Junija 2017 pa me je presenetilo, da ob Kozlarjevi 
gošči na Ljubljanskem barju ni bilo te vrste niti na selitvi, še 
manj pa v času gnezdenja. Vsako leto je tu redno gnezdila, 
kasneje so bili obročkani tudi mladiči. Zato sem se odločil, 
da se odpravim še na lokalitete po Barju, kjer mi je poznano, 
da pisana penica gnezdi. Presenečen sem bil, saj njenega 
petja nikjer ni bilo slišati. Tudi morebitnih mladičev nisem 
opazil ali ujel. Tudi na NOAGS jih je bilo preštetih manj 
kot v prejšnjih letih (Atlas ptic 2017b). Ali se bo s pisano 
penico zgodilo tako kot z vrtno penico Sylvia borin, ki je kot 
gnezdilka z leti neopazno izginila z našega Barja?
Dare Šere, Langusova 10, SI–1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija,  
e–mail: dare.sere@guest.arnes.si
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus 
melanopogon
Tamariskovka – marca in aprila 2016 je samec 
te vrste pel na zadrževalniku Medvedce (UTM 
WM53, SV Slovenija), julija in avgusta 2016 pa je 
bilo tam obročkanih več prvoletnih osebkov; to 
so verjetno edini gnezditveno sumljivi podatki za 
Slovenijo v zadnjih 15 letih
Moustached Warbler was a very rare breeder in Slovenia 
(Geister 1995) with unknown status in the past decade 
(Denac 2011). Its optimal habitat is old tall reedbeds 
with a high proportion of dead material and a complex 
lower stratum (BirdLife International 2018a). There 
are some areas with suitable habitat, most notable among 
them Lake Cerknica, the mouth of Dragonja River in 
Sečovlje salina, Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve and 
the Croatian side of Lake Ormož, but its breeding was 
confirmed only at Draga fishponds on Ljubljansko barje 
in the 1980s (Tome et al. 2005). Since 2002, no breeding 
has been confirmed in Slovenia (F. Bračko pers.comm.). 
The species had already been observed at Medvedce water 
reservoir in previous years (e.g. Bordjan 2006), but was 
not considered even as a possible breeder. In 2016, there 
were several sightings that may suggest that the species 
bred on the site in that year. A single singing individual 
was heard on 8 Mar 2016 in the reedbed approximately 
100 m from the northern levee. The bird was heard due 
to perfect weather conditions and to the fact that it 
was the only singing bird within the reservoir. I heard 
it singing again during several visits in March that year, 
altogether five times. The last time I heard it singing 
was on 4 Apr 2016. After that visit the Sedge Warblers 
started to sing in proximity of the levee, so I could not 
have heard Moustached Warbler even if it was still 
singing there. It is worth mentioning that 1cy individuals 
were caught at the site by Iztok Vreš on 20 Jul, 23 Jul, 13 
Aug (three individuals) and 23 Aug (two individuals). 
They could have come from another breeding site, but 
in conjunction with the observations mentioned above 
it is possible that it was a local fledgling. To the best of 
my knowledge, these are the only records suggesting the 
species’ breeding in Slovenia in the past 15 years.
Dejan Bordjan, Oddelek za gozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire, 
Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Večna pot 83, SI–1000 
Ljubljana, Slovenija, e–mail: dejan.bordjan@gmail.com
Slika 8 / Figure 8: Pisana penica / Barred Warbler 
Sylvia nisoria, Črnotiče, Črni Kal, 24. 5. 2017  
(foto: D. Šere)
Acrocephalus 38 (172/173): 217–231, 2017