Scridifer's Bulgarian List 2025 (1 Viewer)

[Owene]

We had a guide who arranged everything for us, not sure I would do it on my own tbh. The driving, especially around Banjul and WCR is absolutely crazy!

Chris

It’s the driving that mainly puts me off as far as a lot of places goes. Hats off to the people who do these trips totally independently but the idea of being one car problem or police stop away from a ruined trip or the actual hassle of driving puts me off a lot

 

[Scridifer]

24/02/2025

312) Dunnock
313) Woodcock

 

[Scridifer]

02/03/2025 Selsey Bill, West Sussex

314) Carrion Crow
315) Great Black-backed Gull
316) Great Northern Diver
317) Common Gull
318) Herring Gull
319) Ruddy Turnstone
320) Red-throated Diver
321) Oystercatcher

02/03/2025 Pagham Harbour

322) Stock Dove
323) Redpoll
324) Brent Goose
325) Curlew
326) Moorhen
327) Mediterranean Gull
328) Long-eared Owl
329) Golden Plover

02/03/2025 Swanbourne Lake, Arundel

330) Mandarin Duck
331) Eurasian Treecreeper
332) Greylag Goose
333) Canada Goose
334) Egyptian Goose

02/03/2025 The Burgh, Burpham, West Sussex

335) Red Kite
336) Lapwing

 

[foresttwitcher]

Nice, and you brought some good weather with you Chris.

 

[Scridifer]

03/03/2025 Marrakech, Morocco

337) Spotless Starling

03/03/2025 Ourika, Morocco

338) House Bunting

03/03/2025 Oukamaiden

339) Coal Tit
340) Rock Bunting
341) African Chaffinch
342) Black Wheatear
343) Chough
344) Rock Sparrow
345) Horned Lark
346) African Crimson-winged Finch
347) Water Pipit
348) Alpine Chough
349) Dipper

 

[foresttwitcher]

Jealous of your Morocco trip, Chris, and glad you got the Finch.

 

[Owene]

03/03/2025 Marrakech, Morocco

337) Spotless Starling

03/03/2025 Ourika, Morocco

338) House Bunting

03/03/2025 Oukamaiden

339) Coal Tit
340) Rock Bunting
341) African Chaffinch
342) Black Wheatear
343) Chough
344) Rock Sparrow
345) Horned Lark
346) African Crimson-winged Finch
347) Water Pipit
348) Alpine Chough
349) Dipper

Nice. Glad the finches were there. You’re already ahead of our trip. No water pipits dippers or alpine choughs for ours

 

[Scridifer]

Jealous of your Morocco trip, Chris, and glad you got the Finch.

Thanks Pete, so far so good!

Chris

 

[Scridifer]

Nice. Glad the finches were there. You’re already ahead of our trip. No water pipits dippers or alpine choughs for ours

Thanks Owen! Missed the woodie Today though so will have to see at the end.

Chris

 

[Scridifer]

04/02/2025 Marrakech

350) Maghreb Magpie
351) White Stork

 

[Owene]

Thanks Owen! Missed the woodie Today though so will have to see at the end.

Chris

We missed them at the usual sites too. Heard them in a village while driving and stoped for them luckily. I think we heard them again on later days and they seemed to respond to tape so fingers crossed you’ll run into some

 

[Scridifer]

04/03/2025 Escale Forest, Marrakech

352) African Blue Tit
353) Cirl Bunting
354) Sardinian Warbler
355) Serin
356) Bonelli's Warbler

04/03/2025 Tizi N Tichka Pass, Sous-Massa-Draa, Morocco

357) Rock Dove

04/02/2025 Amerzgane, Sous-Massa-Draa

358) Desert Lark
359) Moussier's Redstart
360) Western Bonelli's Warbler

04/03/2025 Ouarzazate

361) Hoopoe
362) Barn Swallow
363) Pallid Swift
364) Common Swift

 

[Scridifer]

05/03/2025 Ouarzazate

365) Stonechat
366) Booted Eagle
367) Black Stork
368) Little Ringed Plover
369) White-crowned Wheatear
370) Great Grey Shrike

05/03/2025 Dades Gorge

371) Blue Rock Thrush
372) Crag Martin

05/03/2025 Boumaine Dades

373) Thekla's Lark
374) Desert Wheatear
375) Red-rumped Wheatear

 

[Owene]

No tristrams? We had to work that tape into the ground before we really hopefully thought we were getting replies for a second after the tape stoped.

I think the wetness has really slowed down migration. Lots of vegetation even in proper desert so birds aren’t being pushed out by heat and dryness

 

[Scridifer]

No tristrams? We had to work that tape into the ground before we really hopefully thought we were getting replies for a second after the tape stoped.

I think the wetness has really slowed down migration. Lots of vegetation even in proper desert so birds aren’t being pushed out by heat and dryness

Unfortunately not. Weather not the kindest, on the cold side and a couple of showers yesterday afternoon. Fingers crossed for Today!

Chris

 

[Owene]

Unfortunately not. Weather not the kindest, on the cold side and a couple of showers yesterday afternoon. Fingers crossed for Today!

Chris

Good luck. Should be the owl right?

 

[Scridifer]

Good luck. Should be the owl right?

Thanks Owen, it was indeed! Details to follow...

Chris

 

[Scridifer]

05/03/2025 Boumaine Dades
376) Eurasian Scops Owl

06/03/2025 Boumaine Dades
377) Levaillant's Woodpecker
06/03/2025 Tagdilt area
378) Hoopoe-Lark
379) Temminck's Lark
380) Cream-coloured Courser
381) Greater Short-toed Lark
382) Long-legged Buzzard (ssp cirtensis)
383) Maghreb Wheatear
384) Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
06/03/2025 Jorf, Drâa-Tafilalet

385) Spectacled Warbler

 

[Owene]

Thats more like it😀 glad you got the woodpecker back.

Very interesting to see you go to the same places as us and get different birds a week later. We didnt get the hoopoe lark until the real desert and didn't get the courser anywhere. Scops owl would have been nice too although I have seen and photographed them before

 

[Scridifer]

Thats more like it😀 glad you got the woodpecker back.

Very interesting to see you go to the same places as us and get different birds a week later. We didnt get the hoopoe lark until the real desert and didn't get the courser anywhere. Scops owl would have been nice too although I have seen and photographed them before

Thanks Owen. Interestingly no Coursers in the desert Today either.

Chris