Pirin mountains – Landscape Photography trip
Pirin mountains are have some of the most picturesque and dramatic sceneries in the country. With their rocky mountain tops covered with marble stones they offer views like nowhere else in the country.…
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Customized birding trip: day 5 of 5
Today is the last day of our trip. We had no time for birding and drove directly to the Turkish border where my guests were going to be met by a Turkish guide.
On our way to the border we saw a few birds like Black Kite, Turtle Dove, Little Owl and Woodchat Shrike.…
Customized birding trip: day 4 of 5
After the traveling yesterday we wanted to have a relaxed day. We were going to spend the day birding around the town of Madzharovo in Eastern Rhodope mountains in Bulgaria. The night was rather windy but we were still willing to go out for a pre-breakfast walk and did not regret it.…
Customized birding trip: day 3 of 5
The day was very productive photography wise. We started early from our lodge to have more time for stops along the road. The weather was fairly chilly but we were keen for more birding. Our first stop for birding was high up in the mountains to search for birds from the conifer area.…
Customized birding trip: day 2 of 5
The day was fairly quiet bird wise. Our main target for the day was the Wallcreeper. We went out for a walk before breakfast and logged a few new birds for my guests. Some of the birds we saw were Serin, Blackcap, Mistle Thrush, Red-backed Shrike, Siberian Chiffchaff and a few other common birds.…
Customized birding trip in Bulgaria
Shortly after we took our bins out and cameras ready we had two young Saker Falcons playing together. A few minutes later three Ravens turned up and chased the falcons away. Then a Short-toed Eagle stopped over the hillside and hovered for a while.…
Landscape photography award
The “Frozen mantle” wins third place in a prestigious landscape photography contest organised by Manfrotto Bulgaria. The topic of the contest called Manfrotto Off Road was “Winter scenes”.…
Birding trip: the end
Here comes the end of our 5 day long birding trip in the Western part of the country. We had a total of over 110 species.
On the last day of our trip we did a quick visit to the nearby marsh which resulted in a few new birds.…
Birding trip: day 4
Batak – Sofia – Slivnitsa
We spent the day mostly traveling. We met at 7,30 for a pre-breakfast walk. Right outside the hotel car park i heard a familiar call. I could not believe it was the bird i could hear so waited for a few more repetitions and then the bird showed for a few seconds.…
Birding trip day 3
route: Yagodina – Trigrad Gorge – Dospat – Batak
The day was quite relaxed but at the same time we did feel rather exhausted. It did not include much traveling but all the emotions and coming in and out of the car did tire us up.…