Our final day of this trip was spent at Pirin National Park. Anton, Kojak and I headed to the road summit lodge and spent the morning there and had lunch before descending and checking a few spots on the way down. A few new bird ticks HERE including a cracking Nutcracker, Ring Ouzels and Crossbills.
We then headed back towards Sofia and stopped off in South Park for a few herps, dropped Anton off and then back to the hotel.
Birding trip report HERE. We had 144 species which wasn't too bad considering this was a family and natural history trip.
Nutcracker (above and below)
Male Ring Ouzel
Male Red Crossbill
Red-rumped Swallow
Dunnock- everywhere in the mountains
Adders, male (above) and female (below)
Viviparous Lizard
Aesculapian Snake in South Park, Sofia
Sand Lizard
White sp on Pirin
Heart Moth- the highlight in the moth trap from Kresner
Balkan Chamois- common around the summit
Pirin (above and below)
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