North Bulgaria birding (1 Viewer)

[svetzool]

Hi all,
What is sweeter then escaping the everyday routine to have a short trip of birdwatching? My friend Ivailo and I decided to show our new friend Nick (from Netherlands) the beauty of our still mostly unspoiled nature. Though short (11-14.07.2004) the journey to be more successful than I expected. The logistics of our itinerary were visiting some Ramsar wetlands and protected areas along the northern Black Sea coast and making a returning trip by passing along Dunabe (Sreburna Reserve) and a couple of fishponds. The species comprised of 117 species!!!

1. Great Crested Grebe
2. Little Grebe
3. Dalmatian Pelican
4. Great Cormorant
5. European Shag
6. Pygmy Cormorant
7. Night Heron
8. Little Bittern
9. Squacco Heron
10. Little Egret
11. Great Egret
12. Grey Heron
13. Purple Heron
14. White Stork
15. Spoonbill
16. Glossy Ibis
17. Mute Swan
18. Shelduck
19. Ruddy Shelduck
20. Mallard
21. Garganey
22. Pochard
23. Ferruginous Duck
24. Tufted Duck
25. Marsh Harrier
26. Sparrowhawk
27. Buzzard
28. Lesser Spotted Eagle
29. Booted Eagle
30. Kestrel
31. Hobby
32. Quail
33. Coot
34. Moorhen
35. Oystercatcher
36. Black-winged Stilt
37. Stone-curlew
38. Collared Pratincole
39. Lapwing
40. Little Ringed Plover
41. Kentish Plover
42. Black-tailed Godwit
43. Redshank
44. Greenshank
45. Marsh Sandpiper
46. Wood Sandpiper
47. Common Sandpiper
48. Ruff
49. Yellow-legged Gull
50. Mediterranean Gull
51. Black-headed Gull
52. Little Gull
53. Whiskered Tern
54. Black Tern
55. White-winged Tern
56. Common Tern
57. Little Tern
58. Sandwich Tern
59. Rock Dove
60. Wood Pigeon
61. Turtle Dove
62. Collared Dove
63. Cuckoo
64. Swift
65. Alpine Swift
66. Kingfisher
67. Bee-eater
68. Roller
69. Hoopoe
70. Green Woodpecker
71. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
72. Great Spotted Woodpecker
73. Syrian Woodpecker
74. Calandra Lark
75. Short-toed Lark
76. Crested Lark
77. Skylark
78. Sand Martin
79. Barn Swallow
80. Red-rumped Swallow
81. House Martin
82. Yellow Wagtail
83. White Wagtail
84. Tawny Pipit
85. Red-backed Shrike
86. Lesser Grey Shrike
87. Nightingale
88. Wheatear
89. Pied Wheatear
90. Blackbird
91. Bearded Reedling
92. Savi’s Warbler
93. Reed Warbler
94. Marsh Warbler
95. Great Reed Warbler
96. Blackcap
97. Spotted Flycatcher
98. Penduline Tit
99. Great Tit
100. Blue Tit
101. Nuthatch
102. Black-headed Bunting
103. Corn Bunting
104. Chaffinch
105. Greenfinch
106. Goldfinch
107. Rose-coloured Starling
108. Starling
109. Golden Oriole
110. House Sparrow
111. Tree Sparrow
112. Spanish Sparrow
113. Jay
114. Magpie
115. Jackdaw
116. Rook
117. Hooded Crow

Wish you all luck and have fun with decent birding.
P.S. One advice – don’t birdwatch, while driving – I almost crashed the car in a tree, when I spotted the Booted Eagle

 

[Steve]

Excellent Number of species Svet .

 

[KC Foggin]

Hello Svet and on behalf of the entire staff here at BirdForum.net, a very warm welcome to you.

I am floored by the amount of sightings you rounded up. Well done!

Yeah, driving and birding don't always go hand in hand

 

[uncle bulgaria]

Well done Svet, I am new in Bulgaria and I find it all very exciting and the species list just keeps getting better. John

 

[torrent]

That's an amazing amount of species you racked up there! Sounds like an amazing trip you guys took. Some day I'll have to make my way over there.
I can truly relate to the birding while driving dilemna. Given the wife a couple good scares, hehe.