Spent the last couple of days travelling to our observatory/nature reserve investment search area, refining the target, meeting with estate agents and getting in a bit of birding and nature stuff. Yesterday we left Shipka (after spending the morning in Kaz) and did the 5 hour drive to Varna where we met Dimiter- our man on the ground. We had a look round Varna harbour early this morning and then met the estate agents with Dimiter and started to make a plan for targeted viewings tomorrow. Then after a morning of planning and lunch at Happy Bar (the Bulgarian equivalent of Hooters) we spent the afternoon checking out the first search area (which we found out has been bought up by Russians anyway ahead of an illegal development plan) and then did a bit of birding at Cape Kaliakra.
Here's a few pics from the last couple of days.
Siskins feeding on Chicory
Black-throated Diver in Varna Harbour
Black-necked Grebe
Crested Lark outside the Happy Bar
20+ Harbour Porpoise off Cape Kaliakra (also Shags, Arctic Skua, Black Redstart and a sea absolute full of jelly fish)
The Black Sea around Cape Kaliakra was totally packed with this very large jellyfish
Cape Kaliakra
Our observatory/nature reserve investment search area between Cape Kaliakra and Shabla. The whole region is a major migration route (the Via Pontica) with hundreds of thousands of birds migrating through each year
Siskins again
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