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Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria: day 6

Day 6, May 18th Bourgas – Pomorie saltpans – Goritsa forest – Balchik – Krapets Today must be THE day of the trip! What an excellent day! Although it is not a new statement I think it was one of the most exciting days with superb observations of many good birds.…
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Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria: day 5

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Day 5, May 17th Bourgas wetlands Today we didn’t have to drive much and spent more time birding. It was a total change in the habitat and we had a few birds to add to our list. The pre-breakfast walk didn’t produce many new birds but we enjoyed superb views of Olivaceous Warbler, Syrian Woodpecker, and Red-backed Shrike.…

Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria: Day 4

Madzharovo – Mezek – Topolovgrad – Bourgas Today we decided to make an earlier start because of the rich birdlife in the surrounding area and did not regret it. In the village and its surroundings we noted a Sombre Tit and Syrian Woodpecker, and Cirl Buntings, and Hoopoes were calling from everywhere.…
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Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria: day 3

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Day 3, May 15th Krumovgrad – Madzharovo Today was a non-travelling day. We spent the morning in a picturesque valley near Krumovgrad which is one of the best sites in the country. It is the “warblers’ valley”.…
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Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria: day 2

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Day 2, May 14th Yagodina village – Trigrad gorge – Kardzhali – Krumovgrad We started with a very productive walk around Yagodina village. Some of us managed to hear a Scops Owl calling during the night from the hotel surroundings.…
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Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria

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Birdwatching trip in Bulgaria: 8 day trip 13-21th of May Day 1, May 13th I got the opportunity to guide a small group for Wingspan bird tours around Bulgaria and was happy to prepare an itinerary for them.…
The flight of the raven

Wolves, Wolves, Wolves…

Wolves… This is what is what I have been thinking about for a whole week when sitting in a hide. The plan was to live inside a hide for six days to increase our chances to see and hopefully photograph a wolf.…
Golden Eagle hide photography © Iordan Hristov

Golden Eagle and Dalmatian Pelican photography workshop

I got the opportunity to guide a hide photography trip for Golden Eagles and Dalmatian pelicans organized by Wild Echo and Patrick Dieudonne. The group of 4 French photographers and their leader arrived in Sofia and we headed to the Eastern Rhodopes for our first photography session.…
Dalmatian Pelican © Iordan Hristov

Birding and photography at lake Kerkini

Lake Kerkini – birding and photography December 10-11, 2016 I guided a group of 15 students on bird identification trip to lake Kerkini in the weekend December 10-11, 2016. We saw a total of 70 birds.…

Team building weekend in Pirin

Team building weekend At the beginning of summer i did have a plan to do more hiking in the Bulgarian mountains but did not expect that to come true. It looks like i managed to set up a programme that would let me do some hiking for a few weeks in a row.…