Yagodina – Trigrad gorge – Smolyan – Kardzhali – Krumovgrad
Weather: chilly in the mountains and sunny during the day with temp up to 20 degr.cels.
We met at 6.30 am for a walk in Yagodina before breakfast.…
Sofia airport – Vitosha mountains – Krichim – Yagodina village
Weather: cloudy with mist in the mountains, overcast along the way, temp 7-15 degr.cels.
Just started a new 8 day birdwatching trip around Bulgaria with a group of four birders.…
Just completed a fantastic birding trip around lake Kerkini in Northern Greece. I guided a group of 10 British birdwatchers around the lake in the period May 6-13, 2019. For these 7 days we saw 171 species of birds.…
New project: Sofia Photo Walks
is the newest initiative of Nature Monitoring in partnership with Better Moments.
The photo walks get you a chance to photograph a range of some of the best locations there are to be captured in the Sofia.…
Nutcracker photography in Bulgaria
Just returned from a very successful photography session with Nutcrackers Nucifraga caryocatactes. These tame birds are used to people and allow a lot of creativity and multiple attempts for people to get their shots.…
Photography award
My image “The beauty of early mornings” wins the price of the public in a national photography contest. The image features the Bulgarian National Threatre.…
Route: Krapets – Sofia
Weather: sunny 30 C
Our birding trip approaches its end. On our last day we need to do a long drive from Krapets to Sofia. Since it is a very long drive we had time for only one planned stop for birding and that was well optimized.…
Route: Krapets – Durankulak lake – Shabla lake – Kaliakra cape – Krapets
Weather: fairly warm day with temp in high 20s and strong wind
This was our last full day of birding and boy, did we made the most of it.…
Route: Burgas – Pomorie – Poroi – Varna – Krapets
Weather: overcast with moderate wind
Today we made our way to the Northern Black Sea coast. We started by the saltpans at Pomorie where we added Black-winged Stilt, Ferruginous Duck, Sandwich Tern and Great White Egret to the trip list.…
Route: Burgas wetlands
Weather: warm 25-30 C
It was another great day of birding. After the move to the coast, the habitats are totally different so we started adding some new birds to the bird list.…