I made another visit to Bulgaria with my good friend Barrie Staley. We arranged our own trip and planned it with the Bulgarian Friendship Society. The dates were 12th July to 20th July to hopefully coincide with one or two special butterflies, including Balkan Blue. We visited a number of familiar sites that we had […]
During early July 2015, Barrie and myself managed a week pass-out and we made our third visit to Bulgaria in search of butterflies. Our trip was carefully planned in the hope of seeing some of the high mountain species and we arranged our trip around the Rila & Pirin high alpine habitat. We were often at
During our twelve days in SW Bulgaria in addition to the birds and amazing range of Butterfly species, we also saw some very interesting moths, dragonflies and other insects. The scenery wasn’t bad either. Our bespoke trip was arranged by The British-Bulgarian Society and Balkania Travel, the same company we used back in 2012. They
After a successful Butterfly trip to the SE of Bulgaria in 2012, Barrie, Anita & Elliott Staley and myself decided to re-visit this butterfly rich country during July of this year. This time we would visit the high mountain regions of the South West. Our time was spent in the Pirin, Rila and parts of
In 2012, along with Barrie, Anita and Elliott Staley, I enjoyed a superb 10 days in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria, in search of the vast range of butterfly species that this country has to offer. Upon our return to the UK, we said we would need to return to Bulgaria and this July we
