Saturday 1 November 2014
Friday 31 October 2014
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Saturday 25 October 2014
SARDINIAN WARBLER [Female] (Sylvia melanocephala subspecies S. m. melanocephala) Krumovitsa River, Krumovgrad, District Kardjali, Bulgaria
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Up to five subspecies are generally recognised:
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian_warbler
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Sunday 19 October 2014
Friday 17 October 2014
Friday 10 October 2014
Monday 6 October 2014
Friday 3 October 2014
Wednesday 1 October 2014
Monday 29 September 2014
Friday 26 September 2014
Tuesday 23 September 2014
Sunday 21 September 2014
Friday 19 September 2014
Tuesday 16 September 2014
Saturday 13 September 2014
GLOSSY IBIS (Plegadis falcinellus) Lake Mandrensko, Burgas, Bulgaria
Friday 12 September 2014
Tuesday 9 September 2014
Saturday 6 September 2014
STILT SANDPIPER (Calidris himantopus) Adult present from 4th to 7th September 2014. [This same individual was first sighted two days earlier in Co. Wexford from 2nd to 3rd and was seen again later in the month in Co. Wexford on 10th,!2th & 13th], Big Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Thursday 4 September 2014
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
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 |
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