Joined: Jan 5, 2017 Last Active: Oct 10, 2024 iNaturalist
I love nature, I love to explore, I love to identify, everything. Birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, orchids, carnivorous plants, succulents, alpine flowers, butterflies, dragonflies, rocks and minerals, bats, fish, lichens, mosses, ferns, I love photography, I love travelling, I love to share my passion for all this. I am running birdwatching site www.birding.sk since 2007. I was born and I live in Slovakia. I lived for 5 years in Montreal, Canada.
My personal website is http://www.wnp.sk
Some of my photos are on Alamy at https://goo.gl/4U67we
I occasionaly publish, my ResearchGate profile is here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frantisek-Bednar-2
Please contact me in advance if you would like to publish some of my observations or photos.
My observations, which were published:
New species for Slovakia on inat:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8804678
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106751642
and published:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374694963_First_records_of_two_new_silverfish_species_Ctenolepisma_longicaudatum_and_Ctenolepisma_calvum_in_Slovakia_with_checklist_and_identification_key_of_Slovak_Zygentoma
INat observations of the Day:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39860432
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37479749
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86787425
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237751830
Years in review:
2018: https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2018/fero
2019: https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2019/fero
2020: https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2020/fero
2021: https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2021/fero
2022: https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2022/fero
2023: https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2023/fero
World Tours:
https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/27089-slovakia-inaturalist-world-tour
Milestones:
15.2.2022 20,000 observations 4,201 species 599 identifications
2.4.2023 5,000 species 25,358 observations
8.4.2024 30,000 observations species 5,708 species
31.8.2024 6000 species 32151 observations
Projects I admin:
Nature Slovakia
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/priroda-slovenska-nature-slovakia
Nature Svosov
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/priroda-svosova-nature-svosov
Lichens of Slovakia
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lisajniky-slovenska-lichens-of-slovakia
Guides by me:
Lichens of Slovakia (part 1-4)
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/11031
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/11032
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/11033
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/11034
Lichens and Lichenized Fungi of Velka Fatra
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/14673
Molluscs of the Slovak Republic
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/13311
Molluscs of Sliacske travertiny
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/13306