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<blockquote data-quote="GiG" data-source="post: 3482095" data-attributes="member: 6690"><p><strong>12.05.2016</strong></p><p></p><p>Today was another move day, but not before we had our morning walk, back along by the river with the numerous <strong>Nightingales</strong> singing. A <strong>White Stork</strong> flew back and forth collecting nesting material and a pair of <strong>Little Ringed Plovers</strong> was on the river sand and shingle banks. We picked up lunch supplies in the town again and also made sure we got a good supply of water as it had been so hot we had to keep topping our water bottles. We were on our way to Madzhorovo but not before we had our obligatory stops on the way. Our first stop was a site for <strong>Rock Nuthatch</strong> and we were not disappointed this time as on finding the nest hole, an adult bird came in with food. Due to the size, possibly a lizard it then proceeded to bash it on the rocks allowing great views. In the area we heard <strong>Cirl Bunting</strong> and <strong>Hoopoe</strong>. Another brief stop was when going through a village, a number of hirundines were noted, this being typical of a lot of the areas we visited, and on this occasion <strong>House Martins</strong>, <strong>Swallows</strong> and <strong>Red-rumped Swallows</strong> were landing on the road to collect mud and so we had great views from the van. </p><p></p><p>Once at Madzhorovo, Assen dropped us off and said we had time to walk along the road and meet him further along. Immediately in the area were a number of birds including <strong>Woodchat</strong> and <strong>Red-backed Shrikes</strong>, <strong>Corn</strong> and <strong>Black-headed Buntings</strong>, <strong>Spanish Sparrows</strong> and <strong>Eastern Olivaceous Warblers</strong> and <strong>Nightingale</strong>. Ahead were some cliffs and overtime we had a number of raptors, several <strong>Griffon Vultures</strong> and an obliging <strong>Egyptian Vulture</strong> that flew over us as well as <strong>Buzzards</strong>, <strong>Kestrels</strong>, <strong>Peregrine</strong> along with <strong>2 Black Storks</strong>. In the scrub we all got great views of <strong>Sombre Tit</strong> and as we carried on we sadly saw a dead <strong>Glass Lizard</strong> on the road. </p><p></p><p>A number of butterflies again present, including <strong>Scarce Swallowtail</strong> and <strong>Eastern Festoon</strong>, unfortunately too mobile to allow being photographed. Looking down on the river below, we found a <strong>Common Sandpiper</strong> on the rocks. A number of small birds were in the area such as <strong>Cirl</strong>, <strong>Rock</strong> and <strong>Ortolan Buntings</strong>, making it five species of buntings in a day. Other birds were <strong>Blue Rock Thrush</strong>, <strong>Crag Martin</strong> and a brief <strong>Rock Nuthatch</strong>. With so much birdlife we took longer than planned so Assen was keen to move on as we had quite a way to travel but as at several other places we could easily have lingered much longer. </p><p></p><p>After a long drive we got to a site for Masked Shrike, one of our main target birds. We scanned the area but were sadly unsuccessful but did see <strong>Common Buzzards</strong>, <strong>Kestrel</strong> and <strong>Hobby</strong>. We again had to move on, seeing our first <strong>Stonechats</strong> of the trip, and our next stop was a much more open area with low rolling countryside, the Sakar hills. We drove up a track to a viewing area that had a great vista over the landscape seeing <strong>Short-toed Lark</strong>, <strong>Isabelline Wheatear</strong>, a few <strong>Turtle Doves</strong> and lots of sparrows. Scanning we picked up <strong>Marsh Harrier</strong> by a small lake with reeds then the main target, <strong>Eastern Imperial Eagle</strong>, was seen circling. As it was a little distant we decided to drive around hoping to get closer views. At the pull in we had no further sightings but did hear <strong>Quail</strong> in the field nearby. </p><p></p><p>It was still several miles to our hotel but we still managed to see some new birds on the way, a male <strong>Montagu’s Harrier</strong> flying parallel with the road and almost in to Burgas a large raptor was seen in a tree. Stopping it turned out to be a <strong>Lesser Spotted Eagle</strong>. We finally arrived at our hotel close to the Black Sea in the Sarafovo area of Burgas, Hotel Mirana, and our final base of the trip for the last two nights.</p><p></p><p>1.Red-rumped Swallow</p><p>2.Red-backed Shrike</p><p>3.Sombre Tit</p><p>4.Egyptian Vulture</p><p>5.Short-toed Lark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GiG, post: 3482095, member: 6690"] [B]12.05.2016[/B] Today was another move day, but not before we had our morning walk, back along by the river with the numerous [B]Nightingales[/B] singing. A [B]White Stork[/B] flew back and forth collecting nesting material and a pair of [B]Little Ringed Plovers[/B] was on the river sand and shingle banks. We picked up lunch supplies in the town again and also made sure we got a good supply of water as it had been so hot we had to keep topping our water bottles. We were on our way to Madzhorovo but not before we had our obligatory stops on the way. Our first stop was a site for [B]Rock Nuthatch[/B] and we were not disappointed this time as on finding the nest hole, an adult bird came in with food. Due to the size, possibly a lizard it then proceeded to bash it on the rocks allowing great views. In the area we heard [B]Cirl Bunting[/B] and [B]Hoopoe[/B]. Another brief stop was when going through a village, a number of hirundines were noted, this being typical of a lot of the areas we visited, and on this occasion [B]House Martins[/B], [B]Swallows[/B] and [B]Red-rumped Swallows[/B] were landing on the road to collect mud and so we had great views from the van. Once at Madzhorovo, Assen dropped us off and said we had time to walk along the road and meet him further along. Immediately in the area were a number of birds including [B]Woodchat[/B] and [B]Red-backed Shrikes[/B], [B]Corn[/B] and [B]Black-headed Buntings[/B], [B]Spanish Sparrows[/B] and [B]Eastern Olivaceous Warblers[/B] and [B]Nightingale[/B]. Ahead were some cliffs and overtime we had a number of raptors, several [B]Griffon Vultures[/B] and an obliging [B]Egyptian Vulture[/B] that flew over us as well as [B]Buzzards[/B], [B]Kestrels[/B], [B]Peregrine[/B] along with [B]2 Black Storks[/B]. In the scrub we all got great views of [B]Sombre Tit[/B] and as we carried on we sadly saw a dead [B]Glass Lizard[/B] on the road. A number of butterflies again present, including [B]Scarce Swallowtail[/B] and [B]Eastern Festoon[/B], unfortunately too mobile to allow being photographed. Looking down on the river below, we found a [B]Common Sandpiper[/B] on the rocks. A number of small birds were in the area such as [B]Cirl[/B], [B]Rock[/B] and [B]Ortolan Buntings[/B], making it five species of buntings in a day. Other birds were [B]Blue Rock Thrush[/B], [B]Crag Martin[/B] and a brief [B]Rock Nuthatch[/B]. With so much birdlife we took longer than planned so Assen was keen to move on as we had quite a way to travel but as at several other places we could easily have lingered much longer. After a long drive we got to a site for Masked Shrike, one of our main target birds. We scanned the area but were sadly unsuccessful but did see [B]Common Buzzards[/B], [B]Kestrel[/B] and [B]Hobby[/B]. We again had to move on, seeing our first [B]Stonechats[/B] of the trip, and our next stop was a much more open area with low rolling countryside, the Sakar hills. We drove up a track to a viewing area that had a great vista over the landscape seeing [B]Short-toed Lark[/B], [B]Isabelline Wheatear[/B], a few [B]Turtle Doves[/B] and lots of sparrows. Scanning we picked up [B]Marsh Harrier[/B] by a small lake with reeds then the main target, [B]Eastern Imperial Eagle[/B], was seen circling. As it was a little distant we decided to drive around hoping to get closer views. At the pull in we had no further sightings but did hear [B]Quail[/B] in the field nearby. It was still several miles to our hotel but we still managed to see some new birds on the way, a male [B]Montagu’s Harrier[/B] flying parallel with the road and almost in to Burgas a large raptor was seen in a tree. Stopping it turned out to be a [B]Lesser Spotted Eagle[/B]. We finally arrived at our hotel close to the Black Sea in the Sarafovo area of Burgas, Hotel Mirana, and our final base of the trip for the last two nights. 1.Red-rumped Swallow 2.Red-backed Shrike 3.Sombre Tit 4.Egyptian Vulture 5.Short-toed Lark [/QUOTE]
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