Bulgaria, Kamen Bryag

It was another work day today, this time paperwork. Before I met Dimiter in Dobrich I had a walk round Kamen Bryag (our project location). Ebird list HERE. Common Snipe and Dunnock were new for the local hotspot HERE. Then most of the day was sorting out permissions and legalities for connecting water to our plot. If all goes to plan we should have electricity and water on the plot by next Spring. 

Once again after a day of bureaucracy I was rewarded with a dusk treat- this time I discovered a roost of Short-eared Owls on the nearby Steppe- there were 19 of them! Blinking impressive. Must be another response to the mammal explosion (locally called a calamity) this winter.

Just a few of the Shorties in failing light (above and below) 

Syrian Woodpecker, also Lesser and Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker this morning 

Crested Lark- first time I've seen them locally 

Calandra Lark and Skylark (centre) comparison flight shot 

Silver-Y. There must have been hundreds of these in the local area today. Seems like at some point there has been a big emergence or immigration of these 

The Kamen Bryag cliffs this evening 

More classic ex-Communist urban scenes. Something quite brutally cool about it.