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Bulgaria 17th July - 23rd July 2015
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Author:  Russell Hayes [ Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Bulgaria 17th July - 23rd July 2015
Just got back from a return trip to Bulgaria with the family in tow.
The weather was in the low 30's all week with no rain but a couple of breezy days that were welcomed after the high temperatures.
We stayed all inclusive at the Laguna Park Hotel in Sunny Beach arranged through First Choice Holidays.
Hired a car and left the wife and kids around the hotel to do what they wanted.

I was surprised to find that the birding in July, compared to May when I visited in 2013, was as good.
Only had a few less species than the last trip and the numbers seen of each species were very similar. Less passerines in July but a few more Raptor species seen.

Awaiting a few confirmations for birds that I photographed but could not ID.
Approx 105 species for the trip.

The list below shows 2013 counts next to bird name and 2015 counts to the right.

Regards Russell

Some pics on my blog, link below report.

Bird Name Jul-15
Avocet 100+ _________ 1
Bee-eater 40+ _________ 10
Black kite 1 _________ 0
Black stork 1 _________ 3
Black Tern _________ 3
Blackbird 10+ _________ 20
Blackcap 2 _________ 2
Black-headed bunting 40+ _________ 2
Black-headed gull 10+ _________ 100+
Black-tailed Godwit _________ 200+
Black-winged stilt 50+ _________ 20
Booted Eagle _________ 3
Buzzard 5 _________ 10
Calandra lark 6 _________ 0
Cetti's Warbler 20+ _________ 2
Chaffinch 30+ _________ 20
Chiffchaff 1 _________ 2
Collared dove 10+ _________ 30
Collared pratincole 20+ _________ 30
Common Sandpiper _________ 10
Common tern 50+ _________ 20
Coot 10+ _________ 100
Cormorant 200+ _________ 100+
Corn bunting 50+ _________ 5
Crested lark 25+ _________ 10
Cuckoo 20+ _________ 0
Dalmatian pelican 30+ _________ 20
Feldegg wagtail 2 _________ 30
Gadwall 10+ _________ 15
Garden Warbler _________ 1
Garganey _________ 10
Glossy ibis 6 _________ 10
Golden oriole 20+ _________ 20
Goldfinch 20+ _________ 30
Graet reed warbler 15+ _________ 10
Great spotted woodpecker 5 _________ 6
Great tit 5 _________ 0
Great White Egret 2 _________ 12
Great-crested grebe 30+ _________ 50
Green Sandpiper _________ 2
Green woodpecker 3 _________ 10
Greenfinch 3 _________ 3
Grey heron 20+ _________ 10
Hawfinch 20+ _________ 0
Honey buzzard 1 _________ 2
Hooded Crow 5 _________ 12
Hoopoe 10+ _________ 0
House martin 100's _________ 100+
House sparrow 100+ _________ 100+
Imperial Eagle ___________ 1
Isabeline wheatear 6 _________ 0
Jackdaw 80+ _________ 40
Jay 10+ _________ 2
Kentish plover 6 _________ 3
Kestrel 10+ _________ 3
Kingfisher _________ 1
Lapwing 10+ _________ 5
Lesser grey shrike 12+ _________ 4
Lesser spotted eagle 1 _________ 2
Lesser whitethroat 3 _________ 0
Lesser-spotted Woodpecker _________ 2
Linnet 2 _________ 0
Little bittern 4 _________ 6
Little egret 20+ _________ 12
Little grebe 1 _________ 6
Little owl 3 _________ 0
Little ringed plover 4 _________ 0
Little tern 10+ _________ 20
Long-legged Buzzard _________ 1
Magpie 30+ _________ 20
Mallard 30+ _________ 20
Marsh harrier 10+ _________ 10
Mediterranean gull 20+ _________ 30
Middle spotted woodpecker 1 _________ 0
Mistle thrush 6 _________ 0
Montagu's Harrier 1 _________ 0
Moorhen 2 _________ 2
Mute swan 20+ _________ 15
Night heron 10 _________ 2
Nightingale 30+ _________ 0
Northern wheatear 10+ _________ 6
Olivaceous warbler 10 _________ 0
Ortalan Bunting 2 _________ 0
Penduline tit 6 _________ 0
Pied Flycatcher 1 _________ 0
Pied wagtail 10 _________ 2
Pochard 30+ _________ 100+
Purple heron 10 _________ 12
Pygmy cormorant 20 _________ 100+
Raven 2 _________ 6
Red-backed shrike 30+ _________ 20
Red-rumped swallow 6 _________ 6
Redshank _________ 3
Reed warbler 10+ _________ 10
Robin _________ 1
Rock dove 20+ _________ 12
Roller 10+ _________ 2
Rook 10+ _________ 0
Ruff _________ 2
Sand martin 10+ _________ 20
Sandwich tern 20+ _________ 10
Savi's Warbler _________ 1
Sedge warbler 2 _________ 2
Shelduck 20+ _________ 10
Short-toed Eagle _________ 2
Skylark 10+ _________ 0
Song thrush 10+ _________ 3
Spanish sparrow 100's _________ 50+
Sparrowhawk 1 _________ 0
Spoonbill 15+ _________ 15
Spotted flycatcher 10+ _________ 0
Spotted Redshank _________ 6
Squacco heron 10 _________ 4
Starling 100's _________ 100+
Stone-curlew 2 _________ 0
Swallow 100's _________ 50
Swift 100's _________ 50
Tawny Pipit 4 _________ 0
Tree sparrow 6 _________ 2
Turnstone _________ 2
Turtle dove 10+ _________ 12
Whiskered tern 10 _________ 0
White pelican 100's _________ 100
White stork 1000's _________ 40
White-tailed eagle 2 _________ 3
Whitethroat 2 _________ 0
White-winged Black Tern _________ 1
Wood lark 1 _________ 0
Wood Sandpiper _________ 10
Wood Pigeon _________ 12
Woodchat shrike 20+ _________ 6
Yellow-legged gull 100's _________ 100+
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