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The Balkans, by the way, is a loose term for Europe’s south-eastern peninsula, covering the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece.) It is these Balkan specials that are the target species… Source
Dave Gosney’s Finding Birds Series covers mostly the Western Palearctic and describes birding in various regions of Portugal, Spain, Morocco, France, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, etc., Here is an example from Bulgaria guide: [link]. with some additions, namely South Texas, The Gambia, and Goa (India).
A Red Fox in Georgia, not looking very red I’ve never been to Svalbard, so I haven’t ticked off polar bear, but I have seen brown bears on a number of occasions in both Romania and Bulgaria. I’ve also sat for hours in unabated hides in Bulgaria where it’s a matter of luck whether you see a bear or not.
First, 800 km of driving from Belgrade through Bulgaria to very NE corner of Greece and the Dadia Forest National Park with its 36 species of diurnal raptors, out of Europe’s 38. Like many of you, I had plans for this year’s spring migration: to bird the very best tour of the Balkans, heading for northeastern Greece.
A Bulgarian conservationist Emilian Stoynov told me that this vulture hatched in 2021 in Spain and, rehabilitated, was transferred to neighbouring Bulgaria, acclimatised and released in Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park in 2022. It is soaring higher, ever higher, until it is gone, nowhere to be spotted (likely, glided away).
It’s a reservoir, not a natural lake, and was formed by damming the Striminos river, which flows into Greece from neighboring Bulgaria (unfortunately bringing with it huge amounts of plastic rubbish, creating problems for the National Park.)
Finding Shelter is an amazing documentary about an English family who found themselves unexpectedly rescuing street animals in Bulgaria. The film shares how the family has shared love and compassion for the homeless animals in their town.
Unlike the previous hotspots, which lie close to Belgrade, the Kompenzacioni bazen lake (literally “compensation pool”), is in the town of Pirot, close to the border with Bulgaria and about 300 km from Belgrade. . #1 Kompenzacioni bazen lake, Pirot.
The sun rises over the village of Chrysochorafa, by Kerkini Lake in the north of Greece, not far from the triple border with Bulgaria and FYRO Macedonia. Early September morning.
We have been talking trash a lot lately. There was a post on trash birds and Kai recently really went for the knock-out by trashing our beloved hobby. Time for a friendlier view: why I absolutely adore sparrows. I love them! What’s so adorable about sparrows, these common, ubiquitous little brown birds?
This is a Balkan special, and a bird I know well from Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus. A summer visitor to the Balkans from India: this individual was photographed in Bulgaria My thoughts turned to buntings because of an unexpected encounter earlier this month. A singing Black-headed Bunting.
It’s always worth checking winter flocks of geese for vagrant Red-breasts: these are Russian White-fronts and Barnacle Geese on the Suffolk coast I was well aware of this, as I’ve watched flocks of Red-breasts in Bulgaria, a regular wintering ground for these geese. The photograph below was digiscoped in Bulgaria in February 2007.
They do breed in the Balkans, in Montenegro and Greece where I observed them, as well as in Bulgaria and Romania. Dalmatian Pelican by Sebastian Bugariu.
An award-winning talent from Bulgaria who cartooned a couple dozen pages of stories for around $2,000 — well worth the production of one of the most unique products I could imagine in the business world. Uh, not what I’m looking for, but great artwork. My chosen cartoonist? Boring PowerPoint?
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