Spring bird observations in Blagoevgrad wetlands

Posted by Rossen

February
№	Българско име	English  name	Scientific name	Place of observation	Counted	Presence status
	Ням лебед	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	Blagoevgrad wetlands	17	wintering
	Сива чапла	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Blagoevgrad wetlands	48	wintering
	Голяма бяла чапла	Great Еgret	Casmerodius albus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	wintering
	Лиска	Coot	Fulica atra	Blagoevgrad wetlands	49	wintering
	Малък гмурец	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Blagoevgrad wetlands	19	wintering
	Крещалец	Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	wintering
	Средна бекасина	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	wintering
	Голям горски водобегач	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	wintering
	Зеленоглава патица	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Blagoevgrad wetlands	9	wintering
167	Червеноклюна потапница	Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	wintering
168	Качулата потапница	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	wintering
169	Белоглав лешояд	Griffon Vulture	Gyps fulvus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	5	passing
March
	Речен дъждосвирец	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Blagoevgrad wetlands	8	migratory/non-breeding
	Голям горски водобегач	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	22	migratory/non-breeding
	Голям червенокрак водобегач	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	3	migratory
	Малък горски водобегач	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	migratory
	Бойник	Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Blagoevgrad wetlands	8	migratory
	Средна бекасина	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Blagoevgrad wetlands	3	migratory
	Обикновена калугерица	Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
170	Саблеклюн	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Blagoevgrad wetlands	5	migratory
	Зеленоглава патица	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Бял ангъч	Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Зимно бърне	Common Teal	Anas crecca	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Лятно бърне	Garganey	Anas querquedula	Blagoevgrad wetlands	24	migratory
	Белоока потапница	Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	migratory
	Лиска	Coot	Fulica atra	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Малък гмурец	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Сива чапла	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Blagoevgrad wetlands	30	non-breeding
	Средиземноморска жълтокрака чайка	Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahelis	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Речна чайка	Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	migratory
	Голяма бяла чапла	Great Еgret	Casmerodius albus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	4	migratory
	Малка бяла чапла	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Blagoevgrad wetlands	15	migratory
	Бял щъркел	White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	Blagoevgrad	✓	breeding
	Черен щъркел	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	passing
	Земеродно рибарче	Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Свилено шаварче	Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Домашна червеноопашка	Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	passing
	Сиво каменарче	Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Градска лястовица	House Martin	Delichon urbica	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	passing
	Селска лястовица	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	passing
	Скална лястовица	Crag Martin	Hirundo rupestris	Pokrovnik bridge	✓	breeding
	Брегова лястовица	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Черногушо ливадарче	Stonechat	Saxicola torquata	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Елов певец	Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	migratory
	Брезов певец	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	migratory
	Буков певец	Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	migratory
171	Полубеловрата мухоловка	Semicollared Flycatcher	Ficedula semitorquata	Blagoevgrad wetlands	3	migratory
	Тръстиков блатар	Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	migratory
	Ливаден блатар	Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Керкенез	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Обикновен мишелов	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	passing
	Орел змияр	Short-toed Eagle	Circaetus gallicus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	3	migratory
April
172	Средна пъструшка	Little Crake	Porzana parva	Blagoevgrad wetlands	4	migratory
	Зеленоножка	Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Червеноглава сврачка	Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	passing
	Ръждивогушо ливадарче	Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Обикновено конопарче	Linnet	Carduelis cannabina	Blagoevgrad wetlands	8	passing
	Яребица	Grey Partridge	Perdix perdix	Blagoevgrad plain	✓	breeding
	Пъдпъдък	Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix	Blagoevgrad plain	✓	breeding
	Голямо черноглаво коприварче	Eurasian Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	migratory
	Голям гмурец	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Бойник	Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Blagoevgrad wetlands	11	migratory
	Малък горски водобегач	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Blagoevgrad wetlands	20	migratory
	Голям зеленоног водобегач	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Blagoevgrad wetlands	4	migratory
	Кокилобегач	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Малък воден бик	Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
173	Голям воден бик	Great Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Нощна чапла	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Blagoevgrad wetlands	13	migratory
	Гривеста чапла	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Сива чапла	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Blagoevgrad wetlands	5	non-breeding
	Ръждива чапла	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	migratory
	Папуняк	Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	passing
	Авлига	Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Сврака	Magpie	Pica pica	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Сива врана	Hooded Crow	Corvus cornix	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Чавка	Jackdaw	Corvus monedula	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Посевна врана	Rook	Corvus frugilegus	Blagoevgrad	✓	breeding
	Гугутка	Eurasian Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Тръстиков дрозд	Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Блатно шаварче	Eurasian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Храстово шаварче	Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Южен славей	Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Щиглец	Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Полско врабче	Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Домашно врабче	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Испанско врабче	Spanish Sparrow	Passer hispaniolensis	Blagoevgrad wetlands	3	passing
	Орел рибар	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Орел змияр	Short-toed Eagle	Circaetus gallicus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Градинска червеноопашка	Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Blagoevgrad	✓	breeding
May
174	Белокрила рибарка	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Белобуза рибарка	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybridus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Средиземноморска жълтокрака чайка	Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahelis	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	migratory
	Малък брегобегач	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Blagoevgrad wetlands	4	migratory
	Бойник	Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Blagoevgrad wetlands	5	migratory
	Речен дъждосвирец	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	non-breeding
	Късокрил кюкавец	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Blagoevgrad wetlands	3	migratory
	Сива чапла	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Blagoevgrad wetlands	7	non-breeding
	Малка бяла чапла	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Blagoevgrad wetlands	9	migratory
	Гривеста чапла	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Blagoevgrad wetlands	3	migratory
	Малък воден бик	Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Черен щъркел	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	Blagoevgrad wetlands	2	passing
	Гургулица	Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	passing
	Кукувица	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Blagoevgrad wetlands	1	passing
	Червеногърба сврачка	Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Сива мухоловка	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Дебелоклюна чучулига	Calandra Lark	Melanocorypha calandra	Blagoevgrad plain	✓	breeding
	Качулата чучулига	Crested Lark	Galerida cristata	Blagoevgrad plain	✓	breeding
	Жълта стърчиопашка	Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
	Бяла стърчиопашка	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	Blagoevgrad wetlands	✓	breeding
Legend
№	New registered bird species in Blagoevgrad wetlands (Coordinates: 41°58'45.57"N  23° 4'31.92"E)