Monday, 1 June 2026

Bulgaria day eight

Today (Saturday 30th May) I dropped Holly and the boys off at the airport for their flight back to the UK at 4am and then headed back to the hotel for a couple of hours before meeting Kojak for breakfast. We then headed towards Shipka and stopped in the Stara Zagora area at a couple of butterfly spot that Nikolay (our guide for later on in the week) had provided us with. 

Incredible numbers of butterflies in a beautiful setting. The largest numbers of Fritillaries I can remember seeing in one place. All our recent observations HERE

In the evening we arrived in Shipka our base for the next two nights. 

Niobe Fritillaries with a Glanville Fritillary (far right)
Niobe Fritillary
Spotted Fritillary
Glanville Fritillary
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Black-viened White
Sooty Copper
Russian Heath
Yellow-banded Skipper
Eurrhypis pollinalis
Black-viened White Moth
Dusky Grass-Veneer, Chrysocrambiodes craterella
Powdered Grass-Veneer

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