And a few more...

Ancient fortress near Mezek

Matochina's first cricket match

Orchid (ideas anyone?)

The hoopoe that brought me such joy!

A view towards Turkey from the fortress at Matochina

Hi all! I've been absolutely terrible at getting round to coming on here. I thought I would add a few of my photos for you to have a gander at.

Mathieu

Matochina village at dusk

Mitko doing radio telemetry

Griffon vulture

Lycaena (fabricius I think...)

Karakachan (Bulgarian dog breed)

Mitko showing Katie a Bulgarian tradition of making red and white bracelets and tying them to trees in the spring for good luck.

A brief list of interesting birds we saw on our trips:
Griffon Vultures
White Storcks
Black Storcks
Imperial Eagles
White-tailed Eagles
Golden Eagles
Booted Eagles
Lesser Spotted Eagles
Montague Harriers
Marsh Harriers
Common Buzzards
Long legged Buzzards
Kestrels
Black Kyte
Red Kyte
Hoopoes
Bee Eaters
White Pelicans
Spoonbills
Roars
Squacco Herons
Cormorants
Common Terns
Sandwich Terns
Corn Buntings
Blackheaded Buntings
Skylarks
Calandra Larks
Little Egret
Woodchat Shrike
(the list would have been much shorter if we had not the bird expertise and 'eagle eyes' of our Bulgarian hosts from Green Balkans)

A sea of flowers all around the Forest Hut near Kableshkovo

Accomodation near Burgas, the Forest Hut near Kableshkovo

One of many White Storck nests on ancient Oak in the 'storck village' of Samuilovo