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Saturday 30 August 2014
Friday 29 August 2014
Thursday 28 August 2014
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Wednesday 20 August 2014
Sunday 17 August 2014
Wednesday 13 August 2014
BLACK HEADED (WESTERN) YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla flava subspecies M. f. feldegg) male, Kaliakra, Bulgarevo, Bulgaria
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Sunday 10 August 2014
BLACK HEADED (WESTERN) YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla flava subspecies M. f. feldegg) female, Kaliakra, Bulgarevo, Bulgaria
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Tuesday 5 August 2014
Saturday 2 August 2014
WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba) Goritsa Forest, Burgas Province, Bulgaria
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Thursday 31 July 2014
Saturday 26 July 2014
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Monday 21 July 2014
SEMI COLLARED FLYCATCHER [Male] (Ficedula semitorquata) Goritsa Forest, Burgas Province, Bulgaria
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The Semi-collared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) is a small passerine or perching bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae which is in the genus Ficedula. This long distant migrant is a summer breeding resident in South Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Western Asia. It winters in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sunday 20 July 2014
SEMI COLLARED FLYCATCHER (Male) Ficedula semitorquata Goritsa Forest, Burgas Province,, Bulgaria
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The Semi-collared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) is a small passerine or perching bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae which is in the genus Ficedula. This long distant migrant is a summer breeding resident in South Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Western Asia. It winters in sub-Saharan Africa. |
Saturday 19 July 2014
SEMI COLLARED FLYCATCHER (Female) Ficedula semitorquata Goritsa Forest, Burgas Province, Bulgaria
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The Semi-collared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) is a small passerine or perching bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae which is in the genus Ficedula. This long distant migrant is a summer breeding resident in South Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Western Asia. It winters in sub-Saharan Africa. |
Friday 18 July 2014
SEMI COLLARED FLYCATCHER [Female] (Ficedula semitorquata) Goritsa Forest, Burgas Province, Bulgaria
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The Semi-collared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) is a small passerine or perching bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae which is in the genus Ficedula. This long distant migrant is a summer breeding resident in South Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Western Asia. It winters in sub-Saharan Africa. |
Sunday 13 July 2014
Wednesday 9 July 2014
Monday 7 July 2014
Friday 4 July 2014
Wednesday 2 July 2014
ALPINE SWIFT (Tachymarptis melba) Fortress of Kaliakra, Cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria
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Click external link here for detailed species information Click external link here to see distribution map and to hear calls The Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) is a
member of the family Apodidae which is in the genus Tachymarptis.
It is a summer resident, from April to September, in
southern Europe as well as parts of western Asia. In addition there are
resident populations in Africa and on the Indian sub continent. During
the spring and autumn, this large species is a
rare but annual overshooting migrant north of its breeding range. In
September, it moves south to spend the winter in sub Saharan Africa. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) distribution map  SSanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Monday 30 June 2014
ALPINE SWIFT (Tachymarptis melba) at Fortress of Kaliakra, Cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria
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The Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) is a
member of the family Apodidae which is in the genus Tachymarptis. It is a summer resident, from April to September, in
southern Europe as well as parts of western Asia. In addition there are resident populations in Africa and on the Indian sub continent. During the spring and autumn, this large species is a
rare but annual overshooting migrant north of its breeding range. In September, it moves south to spend the winter in sub Saharan Africa.
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) distribution map
SSanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Thursday 26 June 2014
PADDYFIELD WARBLER Acrocephalus agricola Durankulak Lake, Durankulak, Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria
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The Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola) is a species of marsh warbler of the family Acrocephalidae which is in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a summer resident in temperate parts of central Asia. In addition, there are also small breeding populations in eastern Europe along the western shores of the Black Sea around the border between Bulgaria and Romania. It mainly occurs in reed beds, tall grassland and rice fields. This migratory species winters on the Indian subcontinent. Outside its normal range, it occurs as a very rare overshooting autumn migrant to other parts Europe. The closely related Manchurian Reed Warbler (A. tangorum) was formally considered to be a subspecies of A. agricola.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddyfield_warbler
Sunday 22 June 2014
Tuesday 17 June 2014
Monday 16 June 2014
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