Having the experience of yesterday, today we
decided to start earlier and have a late breakfast. We set the alarms for 5.00
am to search for a Masked Shrike and Warblers. I knew a place at the South
Western part of the lake so we drove for about half an hour to get there.
The Shrike we were after wasn’t there but we
had a nice Lesser Grey Shrike and the first for the trip Grey-headed
Woodpecker. We spent some time at the spot but had no results and decided to go
to another place at the opposite corner of the lake. It was fairly quiet and we
lost a lot of precious time but there was no way around it.
Once we arrived at our next destination birds
started to turn up. Red-rumped Swallow was nesting in an old water catchment
place and were often coming in and out. The first for the trip Sardinian
Warbler turned up, then Subalpine Warbler, then Sombre Tit, then Eleonorae
Falcon so finally species started to build up. We were already late for
breakfast but that didn’t really matter that much. We had birds to see. On the
way back to the car Alan shouted “Masked Shrike sitting on the wire”. It didn’t
stay for long though. The highlight of this part of the day was another Bush Robin but only I managed to see it. We tried searching for it with no results. Turtle Doves,
Black Headed Buntings and more Sardinian Warblers accompanied us on the way to
the car.
After breakfast we decided to have some siesta
and skip the hot part of the day. We gather couple of hours later for a light
lunch with salad. At about 3 p.m. we left the hotel and headed again to the
Western part of the reservoir where I was hoping that a track would give the
wanted Eastern Orphean Warbler.
When leaving the hotel, a Honey Buzzard made us
stop right in front of it and then a Spoonbill was waiting for us at the
improvised “car park” at the beginning of our trail. We put out sun hats and
off we went along the track. We had a couple of Olivaceous Warblers, male
Sub-alpine Warbler, a few Black-headed Buntings, Black Kite, Sombre Tit and
many Nightingales. We found a lovely plant with huge purple flower. Will look
it up so if someone knows it, please drop me a line.
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| plant ? by Iordan Histov |
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| plant ? by Iordan Histov |
After this long walk we stopped at a small port
where I expected to see some gulls and terns. Well there was one or two but
there were more Squacco Herons. The highlight of the stop was a Purple Heron
and the good opportunities for close up Squaccos. A young Great-spotted
Woodpecker and some calling Penduling Tits closed up the day. We couldn’t get
the Eastern Orphean Warbler, but we shall search for it tomorrow.
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| Squacco Heron photography copyright Iordan Hristov |
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| Squacco Heron photography copyright Iordan Hristov |
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| Squacco Heron photography copyright Iordan Hristov |
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| Squacco Heron photography copyright Iordan Hristov |
It would be more of a travelling day since we
shall be changing the habitat. We head to the North East to a place where we
shall be searching for the Wallcreeper. The highlight of the trip for some of
the participants.
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