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<blockquote data-quote="GiG" data-source="post: 3482522" data-attributes="member: 6690"><p><strong>13.05.2016</strong></p><p></p><p>On an early morning walk down to the viewpoint overlooking the Black Sea there was a <strong>Whitethroat</strong> singing and out over the water <strong>Cormorant</strong> and both <strong>Common</strong> and <strong>Sandwich Terns</strong>. The area of Burgas is famous for its wetlands and we were to explore it while in the area but first we were heading to the Strandzha Mountains to look for forest birds, particularly woodpeckers. We did have one look over the one of the water areas on our way out, this was at Vaya Lake, where saw both <strong>Greater White</strong> and <strong>Dalmatian Pelicans </strong>and <strong>Pygmy Cormorants</strong>. </p><p></p><p>We were to return to the wetlands later plus visit again the next day so headed the 70km plus to the very remote wooded mountains found in the far south-east of Bulgaria, bordering the Turkish border and had to pass a border control area. We had been told by Assen to carry our passports at all times and fortunately we did as the border police requested them for inspection and all was ok and we were allowed to carry on. The first site had White-backed Woodpecker breeding last year but we unable to locate one, only finding <strong>Nuthatch</strong>. We went to another site and went for a walk down a forest track. We saw some <strong>Speckled Woods</strong> and <strong>Rose Chafers</strong> as we walked along, the latter showed well on some Rock-rose. We heard a woodpecker calling and after patience we found a hole in a tree and then picked out a <strong>Middle Spotted Woodpecker</strong>. In all there were two adults birds feeding a youngster so we got excellent views of this species. We also heard the loud, deep drumming of a <strong>Black Woodpecker</strong> nearby. Here is a video of the <a href="https://vimeo.com/190846893" target="_blank">Middle Spotted Woodpeckers</a>.</p><p></p><p>We drove to a site for lunch, overlooking a small river. We viewed <strong>Beautiful Demoiselle</strong> damselflies from the bridge and a large number of ladybirds were flying around with several landing on us. We went to further site, this time for Grey-headed Woodpecker and had to pass a border control area once again, they had a quick check and we went on our way. This was more of a deciduous woodland compared to the mixed woodland of earlier and as we went down the track we noted a number of raptors in a kettle above us. These turned out to be <strong>Honey Buzzards</strong> and more were flying in and joining the circling birds in a thermal, which in all we counting 17, showing that migration was still underway. We carried on down to an area where Grey-headed Woodpecker had bred the previous year but could not find any trace. We had a couple of small birds calling agitatedly with another small bird present and the brief views were of a female <strong>Semi-collared Flycatcher</strong>. We had descended quite a way in to the wooded valley so there was not much light but it gave the woodland a wonderful atmosphere. At the bottom was a small gully with Rhododendron on the opposite bank. It was a bit humid but we had to make the climb back up but not before a <strong>Red Squirrel</strong> were found and photos were taken. We spread out along the track and as we did so we heard a woodpecker calling, those lowest managed to track the bird down which turned out to be a <strong>White-backed Woodpecker</strong>. They called the rest of the group and with patience we all got to see it, it was calling loudly and had food in its mouth so we presumed a nest hole must be nearby. We let it be; pleased we had all seen it, as only two had got views of the bird seen earlier in the week. A male <strong>Stag Beetle</strong> was found on a log and again lots of photos were taken, those that moved on first were then lucky to see a <strong>Semi-collared Flycatcher</strong> sitting on top of some dead branches. When the rest of the group appeared we scanned the branches and amazingly only a <strong>Spotted Flycatcher</strong> was present with a second bird on an adjacent tree and no further sign of the Semi-collared! </p><p></p><p>1.Middle Spotted Woodpecker</p><p>2.Rose Chafer</p><p>3.Honey Buzzards</p><p>4.Red Squirrel</p><p>5.Stag Beetle</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GiG, post: 3482522, member: 6690"] [B]13.05.2016[/B] On an early morning walk down to the viewpoint overlooking the Black Sea there was a [B]Whitethroat[/B] singing and out over the water [B]Cormorant[/B] and both [B]Common[/B] and [B]Sandwich Terns[/B]. The area of Burgas is famous for its wetlands and we were to explore it while in the area but first we were heading to the Strandzha Mountains to look for forest birds, particularly woodpeckers. We did have one look over the one of the water areas on our way out, this was at Vaya Lake, where saw both [B]Greater White[/B] and [B]Dalmatian Pelicans [/B]and [B]Pygmy Cormorants[/B]. We were to return to the wetlands later plus visit again the next day so headed the 70km plus to the very remote wooded mountains found in the far south-east of Bulgaria, bordering the Turkish border and had to pass a border control area. We had been told by Assen to carry our passports at all times and fortunately we did as the border police requested them for inspection and all was ok and we were allowed to carry on. The first site had White-backed Woodpecker breeding last year but we unable to locate one, only finding [B]Nuthatch[/B]. We went to another site and went for a walk down a forest track. We saw some [B]Speckled Woods[/B] and [B]Rose Chafers[/B] as we walked along, the latter showed well on some Rock-rose. We heard a woodpecker calling and after patience we found a hole in a tree and then picked out a [B]Middle Spotted Woodpecker[/B]. In all there were two adults birds feeding a youngster so we got excellent views of this species. We also heard the loud, deep drumming of a [B]Black Woodpecker[/B] nearby. Here is a video of the [URL="https://vimeo.com/190846893"]Middle Spotted Woodpeckers[/URL]. We drove to a site for lunch, overlooking a small river. We viewed [B]Beautiful Demoiselle[/B] damselflies from the bridge and a large number of ladybirds were flying around with several landing on us. We went to further site, this time for Grey-headed Woodpecker and had to pass a border control area once again, they had a quick check and we went on our way. This was more of a deciduous woodland compared to the mixed woodland of earlier and as we went down the track we noted a number of raptors in a kettle above us. These turned out to be [B]Honey Buzzards[/B] and more were flying in and joining the circling birds in a thermal, which in all we counting 17, showing that migration was still underway. We carried on down to an area where Grey-headed Woodpecker had bred the previous year but could not find any trace. We had a couple of small birds calling agitatedly with another small bird present and the brief views were of a female [B]Semi-collared Flycatcher[/B]. We had descended quite a way in to the wooded valley so there was not much light but it gave the woodland a wonderful atmosphere. At the bottom was a small gully with Rhododendron on the opposite bank. It was a bit humid but we had to make the climb back up but not before a [B]Red Squirrel[/B] were found and photos were taken. We spread out along the track and as we did so we heard a woodpecker calling, those lowest managed to track the bird down which turned out to be a [B]White-backed Woodpecker[/B]. They called the rest of the group and with patience we all got to see it, it was calling loudly and had food in its mouth so we presumed a nest hole must be nearby. We let it be; pleased we had all seen it, as only two had got views of the bird seen earlier in the week. A male [B]Stag Beetle[/B] was found on a log and again lots of photos were taken, those that moved on first were then lucky to see a [B]Semi-collared Flycatcher[/B] sitting on top of some dead branches. When the rest of the group appeared we scanned the branches and amazingly only a [B]Spotted Flycatcher[/B] was present with a second bird on an adjacent tree and no further sign of the Semi-collared! 1.Middle Spotted Woodpecker 2.Rose Chafer 3.Honey Buzzards 4.Red Squirrel 5.Stag Beetle [/QUOTE]
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