Thursday, September 3, 2009

Back at last









Back in Spain now after a month of travelling, guiding, the British Birdfair, visiting friends and family, culminating in a fabulous trip to Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.

Aug 24th - Sep 3rd :- If you like visible migration then Bulgaria at this time of year is the place to be as it's fabulous. Six of us plus a brilliant Bulgarian guide Petar Iankov spent 10 days travelling along the Black Sea coast from the Romanian border to the migration bottleneck of Burgos. It was brilliant with some terrific experiences none more so than the sight of 1000's of White Storks moving overhead, 30 species of wader including 3 Terek, 6 Marsh & 40+ Broad billed Sandpipers, Pallid Harrier, Lesser Spotted, Short toed & Booted Eagles, Eleanora's & Red footed Falcons, Honey Buzzards, 1000+ Little Gulls, Syrian, Lesser Spotted, Middle Spotted & Grey headed Woodpeckers, Pied & Isabelline Wheatears, Red breasted Flycatcher and Sombre Tit just to name a few.

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