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Bourgas lakes, Black sea coast,

Atanas Grozdanov

I am sending the species list from my last visit to Bourgas lakes, Black sea coast. We've visited Poda protected area and Atanasovsko lake biosphere reserve on 23-24.05. Although our time was limited, we saw great bird variety as we always do in this area.

The observed birds were:

White Pelican   Pelicanus onocrotalus
Great Cormorant   Phalacrocorax carbo*
Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax*
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides*
Little Egret Egretta garzetta*
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea*
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia*
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Wigeon Anas penelope
Gadwall Anas strepera
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Garganey Anas querquedula
Shoveler Anas clypeata
Pochard Aythya ferina*
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Coot Fulica atra
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta*
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola*
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Parasitic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
Little Gull Larus minutus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinans
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Common Tern Sterna hirundo*
Little Tern Sterna albifrons
Black Tern Chlidonias nigra
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucoptera
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Swift Apus apus
Roller Coracias garrulus
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Swallow Hirundo rustica
Tawny Pipit Anthus camprestris
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra
*breeding colonies

With Best wishes,
Atanas Grozdanov
www.saxicola.hit.bg
Please contact me about everything concerning birds and wild nature in Bulgaria.

 

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