This trip was from Sofia airport on Thursday 16th and back on Sunday 19th with the original plan of some alpine birding around Maljovista but the weather put pay to that, so we followed the better weather conditions and started towards the Plains and Steppe around Pazardzdik ..
Black-headed Bunting
Red-backed Shrike
Hotel for the night was Villa Santa Maria at Batak overlooking the lake with great views at sunrise
We then drove up towards Dospat highest point at only 1,600m but finding Ring Ouzel, Firecrest and Crested Tit, back to the hotel for breakfast ..
Hotel for the night was Villa Santa Maria at Batak overlooking the lake with great views at sunrise
We then drove up towards Dospat highest point at only 1,600m but finding Ring Ouzel, Firecrest and Crested Tit, back to the hotel for breakfast ..
Firecrest
Firecrest
Firecrest
Crag Martin
Aldomirvtsi Marsh and Dragoman Marsh were other locations which produced some good birding ..
Aldomirvtsi Marsh and Dragoman Marsh were other locations which produced some good birding ..
Stonechat
Black-headed Bunting
Great Reed Warbler
Red-backed Shrike
Black-headed Wagtail
Black-headed Wagtail
Stonechat
Savi's Warbler
Savi's Warbler
And Sunday morning was from a hide with Traventuria this is there link ..
Sofia bird Hide
And Sunday morning was from a hide with Traventuria this is there link ..
Sofia bird Hide
Tree Sparrow
Sombre Tit
Tree Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Due to the recent rain there was plenty of water about for drinking so we only had 4 species come in to the pool hide but this has the potential to be good but with a limited light window due to its orientation facing south ..
This trip was a month later than last year and the bird photography was a lot more difficult probably due to this ..
Tree Sparrow
Due to the recent rain there was plenty of water about for drinking so we only had 4 species come in to the pool hide but this has the potential to be good but with a limited light window due to its orientation facing south ..
This trip was a month later than last year and the bird photography was a lot more difficult probably due to this ..
2 comments:
Stunning images!
Hi, beautiful photos of the birds in Bulgaria. Greetings Caroline
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