May 25, 2016

ESTEPONA - RIO GENAL - GUADIARO VALLEY - SAN ENRIQUE WOODS - MARCHENILLA TRACK Today I collected Steve, his son Dan and his son-in-law Lee from their holiday accommodation near Estepona, we had a great relaxed birding day in the valleys around Casares, Gaucin and San Martìn.................

May 23, 2016

TRANSFER FROM KRAPETS TO SOFIA VIA VARNA There was not too much time for birding today as we travelled 500km from east to west across the centre of the country and the Central Balkan Mountains.

May 22, 2016

KRAPETS – DURANKULAK – SHABLA LAKE – CAPE KALIAKRA – BOLATA QUARRY Our last full day was as exciting as the first we had plenty of new birds still to find and a couple of surprises were in store for us………

May 21, 2016

TRANSFER FROM BOURGAS TO KRAPETS WITH STOPS AT POMORIE – NORTHERN SALT PANS – GORITSA - TOPOLA Transfer days never produce big lists and at this stage of the tour we see very few new birds for the list……….

May 20, 2016

BOURGAS WETLANDS – PODA RESERVE – BOURGAS SALINAS We spent all day in and around Bourgas, there are so many places to visit and so may birds to look for…….

May 19, 2016

BORISLAVTSI – LEVKA - TOPOLOVGRAD – BOZHURA – BOURGAS LAKE We headed out of the Rhodope Mountains to the Black Sea Coast, the weather got warmer, new birds kept on coming. It was Eagle day today..........

May 18, 2016

KRUMOVGRAD – DONA KULA VALLEY – TRANSFER TO MADZHAROVO - BIRDING MADZHAROVO CRATER AREA A full-on programme for today saw us visit many different habitats and amass a sizable list of species………

May 17, 2016

YAGODINA - TRIGRAD GORGE - PREVALA MOUNTAIN PASS - KRUMOVGRAD We had a 'cracker' of a day, literally! Nutcracker was our bird of the day by a long shot, what a great bird................

May 16, 2016

FLIGHT LONDON TO SOFIA - TRANSFER TO YAGODINA IN THE WESTERN RHODOPES - LUNCH AND BIRDING NEAR PAZARDZIK QUARRY

May 15, 2016

Our very last birding outing saw us up and out at 6am. We visited some vine-yards just out of town to look for Woodlark.........