Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria, day 2 of 8
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.…
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Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria, day 1 of 8
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.…
Birding around lake Kerkini, Northern Greece
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
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
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
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.…
Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria 2018 – 8 day trip, day 8
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.…
Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria 2018 – 8 day trip, day 7
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.…
Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria 2018 – 8 day trip, day 6
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.…
Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria 2018 – 8 day trip, day 5
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.…