8
days (7 nights)
Day 1: UK - VARNA - KAVARNA
Flight from
UK to Varna. On arrival you will be met by a representative of «BRANTA TOURS». Transfer (40 miles) to
Kavarna, on the north Black Sea coast, with a stop-off en route at the resort
of Golden Sands. Dinner and first
of four nights at “Russalka Holliday Village” – from which we should hear (and
maybe see) Scops Owl.
Day 2: SHABLA
After
breakfast, drive north (12 miles) to first major destination, Shabla. Likely
bird sightings en route include Calandra Lark, Yellow Wagtail and Syrian
Woodpecker. We will spend the morning at Shabla Touzla - a small, high salinity lake, famous for the
curative properties of its mud. Here we could see Little Tern, Red-footed
Falcon, Barred Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Olivaceous Warbler, Reed Bunting,
Broad-billed Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper and Little-ringed Plover...
After
lunch, we make for Lake Shabla, Bulgaria’s most important wintering
location for geese and ducks. At this season we can look for Paddyfield
Warbler, Red-necked Grebe, Whiskered and Black Terns, Red-crested
Pochard and Bearded Tit. On fields near the lake you should see the
Balkan sub-species of the Yellow Wagtail, the beautiful
black-headed feldegg race, while Barred Warblers
often sing from patches of scrub.
Return
to Kavarna for
dinner and second night in hotel.