Betalov Rock Shelter
For Statehood Day, the two of us did a quick photo shoot in Betalov spodmol to make an original, funny photograph with the Slovenian flag. We also squeezed through some narrow parts of the cave and examined…
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Pivka Intermittent Lakes
Lake Petelinje / Lac du Coq / Lacus Gallus / Rooster Lake. Full Lake Petelinje in winter, half frozen. Malo Drskovško Lake and the half-empty Veliko Drskovško Lake / Der Großer und Kleiner Durchfallsee…
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Medvedjak
Medvedova Cave near Markovščina, or Skadanščina, has several beautiful chambers with speleothems. It is entered by rope through a 40-metre shaft. While waiting for 20 other cavers to ascend and descend the rope, I had…
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Veliki Kožljek (1,240 m) – Javorniki
Veliki Kožljek offers one of the finest, if not the finest, viewpoints in the Javorniki. It overlooks not only the entire Postojna and Pivka basins, Nanos, Snežnik and the sea, as Mali Javornik does, but…
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Rakiški Zatok Nature Reserve
A stork nests on a chimney in Rakitnik. It will probably return for years, like the one in Planina whose nest has occupied a chimney for 20 years. It chose the chimney of a farm manor or outbuilding built in…
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Vranja Cave
Vranja Cave has an intermittent stream. It was discovered in 1958 and is open for unrestricted entry. It lies on the northern edge of Planina Polje. Following the left-hand passage through Vranja Cave leads up a ladder…
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Skednena Cave
Skednena Cave lies on the northern edge of Planinsko polje, between Vranja and Najdena caves. It has three entrances: two horizontal passages through which one can walk for 200 metres, and a shaft in the…
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Fishing on the Unica – Planina Polje
The fishing season on Planina Polje opened on 1 May. Fishing season: 1 May to 30 November. Permitted fishing area: the Unica from its source to the bridge on the Planina–Laze road, including tributaries. Permitted daily catch: one grayling or one…
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Herons and Storks of Planina Polje
On our first photographic hunt at Planina Polje, we found several bird species—herons and storks then in their migration period. Before spotting the first heron, a roe deer posed for us with its tongue out and a…
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Amaurobius ferox
At the entrance to Škratovka Cave, the two of us found a spider with pincers (?). It was supposedly the Latin-named Amaurobius ferox, or Black lace-weaver in English. In Slovenian that would be… black weaver?
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Škratovka Cave
Škratovka is a 165m-long, 22m-deep cave with an intermittent spring from which a torrential stream flows. It drains into the River Unica and contributes to flooding on Planina Polje. The cave was discovered in 1950.…
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