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Butterflies of the Balkans - Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece Rd Th Sunday 3 - Sunday 17 July 2016 Trip Report by Dr Butterflies of the Balkans - Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece rd th Sunday 3 - Sunday 17 July 2016 Trip report by Dr. Mario Langourov Tour leader: Dr. Mario Langourov1 Tour participants: Mr. Kenneth Bailey Mr. Stephen Meredith Mr. Peter Chadd Mr. Adrian Hoskins Mr.Patrick Nash rd th th th th Bulgaria, 3 – 5 , 19 and 13 – 17 July 2016 th th Macedonia, 5 – 9 July th th Greece, 9 – 12 July rd Day 1 Sunday 3 July Bulgaria – Outbound from Sofia; en route to Rila Monastery. Weather: sunny with some clouds, still & warm (~23ºC). Before noon I welcomed three of the participants at the Terminal 1 and together we went to Terminal 2, where the others were. Before we head for our first hotel, located near the Rila Monastery, we stopped not far from Sofia. There, among the fresh greenery, we found mud puddling Lesser Purple Emperor (Pic. 2) and Purple Emperor, and on the surrounding bushes - Map Butterfly, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood. On the road landed and posed Great Banded Grayling. When we swerved off the main road, we decided to stop and that allowed us to expand the list of the day with Scarce Swallowtail Adonis Blue Purple-shot Copper. On the branches of the bushes we saw Sloe Hairstreak and Ilex Hairstreak, along the stream landed Zephyr Blue and Sandy Grizzled Skipper (Pic. 3). Lattice Brown looked for the deep shadows under the overhanging branches, while Large Blue and Checkered Blue prefered the proximity of its food plants. But we are low on time and we have no choice, but to set off to the hotel. th Day 2 Monday 4 July Rila Mts. Weather: AM sunny with cloudy periods; PM cloudy with sunny periods, warm (~22ºC). Our first site for the day was the deep river valley - a site where the highly attractive Purple Emperor and Poplar Admiral are nearly guaranteed. The first butterfly, which we saw is exactly one of our goals - Poplar Admiral! It sucked salts and described the wide circles around us, returning back to the starting point and gave us the opportunity to shoot it from different angles. Before we go further we faced with Aesculapian snake and paid it some attention. We moved to the flowering meadows to enjoy the numerous of Scarce Copper, Sooty Copper, High Brown Fritillary, Large Wall Brown and many others. We saw one of the few Orange-Tip during the tour, and the only Scotch Argus. Taking the road, we saw the typical flight of Poplar Admiral – we stoped and found it – landed on the road, where it was besieged by our cameras(Pic. 4). We finished the photo session, adding to the list Black-veined White, Dark Green Fritillary, Large Grizzled Skipper. We retired to the hotel, where after light lunch we headed to the higher areas of the mountain. Among bushes and flowering plants we managed to find various of Fritillaries, including Fritillary, Twin- spot Fritillary, Pearl-bordered Fritillary. In wet meadow we found one of our target species - Balkan Copper (Pic. 5), and Arran Brown. there was little time for the gorgeous Rila Monastery, listed in UNESCO World Heritage List. In the yard over our heads flew swifts, which unfortunately, were too fast for Patrick and he did’t manage to shoot them. It was аbout time to retire to the comfort of the hotel and enjoy the dinner, after that we took the deserved rest after a successful day. th Day 3 Tuesday 5 July Rila Mt; Kresna Gorge. Weather: sunny and hot to very hot (28ºC÷32ºC). We set off to the Kresna Gorge – here we met several Common Gliders, and soon posed Southern White Admiral. On the flowers of the thistles stayed for long Swallowtail. We found a meadow with flowering Horehounds, which are very attractive to many types of Blues - Little Tiger Blue (Pic. 6), Eastern Baton Blue (Pic. 7), Long-tailed Blue. Along the rocks flew, with its typical flight, Krueper's Small White, while the shadows are preferred by patrolling Comma. Before noon, the temperature rised, and we visited considerably dry terrain. There were particularly numerous of Great Banded Grayling and Lesser Spotted Fritillary, and on the flowers of the surrounding plants we saw Scarce Swallowtail, Mallow Skipper. We enjoyed a pleasant lunch in the shade of centuries old Oriental Plane trees over the foaming Struma river and took en route to Macedonia. After easily crossing the border we stopped in a roadside village, just to enjoy the numerous Lesser Kestrels and because we didn’t have much time, we headed to the town of Prilep and our hotel. th Day 4 Wednesday 6 July Macedonia – Babuna Mt; near Kavadartsi. Weather: sunny and very hot (~36ºC). First we visited the slopes of Babuna mountain, where we met various of Graylings, including numerous of Great Banded Grayling, аlso Great Sooty Satyrs and Hermits. On the flowers of Elders Balkan Marbled White competed for a spot. Especially numerous were the Blue Argus (Pic. 8) posing on the grass stems and rarely flying in short distances. Later we saw the first of many Macedonian Grayling (Pic. 9), alongside it flew Cardinal and Mountain Small White. In a small valley we found Delattin's Grayling, and among the surrounding vegetation and on the flowers we saw more Chapman's Blue, Blue-spot Hairstreak. On top of a hill I found hilltopping Eastern Greenish Black-tip (Pic. 10), and we paid to it some attention. The heat was unbearable and drove us to a cool restaurant nearby. After lunch we headed to the heavily mediterranian area near Kavadarci, where the heat covered the ground… These extremely rich of species habitat was completely destroyed because of the construction of a highway, but still among the poor survivals of Mediterranean vegetation we found many Little Tiger Blue and Eastern Baton Blue. We didn’t have any choice, but to visit the surroundings of a nearby creek, where we faced with great many mud puddling butterflies. We spend the next half hour crawling on the ground, trying to cover all types and shoot the most interesting of them. It is worth to note Anomalous Blue, Reverdin's Blue, Osiris Blue, Southern Small White, Marbled Skipper. Before we return to our hotel to the list for the day we added Eastern Rock Grayling, Eastern Wood White, Balkan Green-veined White. th Day 5 Thursday 7 July Weather: sunny with cloudy periods; warm (25ºC). Our first stop was near Bitola, where our attention was drawn by flowering meadows in the north foothills of Pelister (Baba) Mountain. Here on the flowers landed various of Fritillaries (Twin-spot, Silver-washed, Dark Green, High-brown, Marbled), Black-veined White, Purple-shot Copper, Pearly Heath. We saw and the first for the tour Orbed Red Underwing (Hungarian) Skipper. Returning to the parked bus, my attention was attracted by something moving among the leaves of a tree. I looked at it and found that it is very local Lesser Lattice Brown! We changed the Mediterranean habitat with a mountain one as we drove to Galitchitsa mountain. On the flowering Elders we found Ilex Hairstreak, Sloe Hairstreak, Swallowtail and Scarce Swallowtail, and on the ground landed Lattice Brown (Pic. 11) and Woodland Grayling. We had picnic lunch in a lovely secluded spot with clear mountain water and after that we admired butterflies around us. Especially numerous were Ripart's Anomalous Blue, Turquoise Blue, Meleager's Blue and on the flowers - Niobe Fritillary, Southern White Admiral. In the mountain meadows in the high area we found more Blue- spot Hairstreak (Pic. 12), Eros Blue, Idas Blue, Mazarine Blue, Spotted Fritillary, Lesser Spotted Fritillary, Knapweed Fritillary, Heath Fritillary, Lulworth Skipper. Strangely, unlike last years when Esper's Marbled White was mass, this year we saw only single exemplars. On the way back we took time to admire the panoramic view - from here you can see the Ohrid and Prespa Lakes, but it was high time to set off to the hotel, located on the shore of the lake. th Day 6 Friday 8 July Macedonia – Galichitsa Mt. Weather: sunny and warm, still (23ºC). After breakfast we headed back to Galichitsa to devote that day to exploring the mountain zones. The weather was beautiful and the mountain meadows were full of live and among many others we found Alcon Blue, Amanda's Blue, Mountain Argus. During the tour, this was the only place where among profusely flowering geraniums we found Geranium Argus, and Grecian and Ripart’s Anomalous Blue provided us a great opportunity to compare them. During our pleasant walk we saw one of our target species - Freyer's Fritillary (Pic. 13), together with Yellow-banded Skipper, and around us flew Small Tortoiseshell, Clouded Yellow and Berger's Clouded Yellow. A beautiful area provided us great conditions for a picnic lunch. Among several single lower trees I faced with Lesser Lattice Browns – it flew between the branches and we spent another half hour in chasing and shooting. We moved our attention to the main target and in the surroundings we found the first Apollo, Eros Blue (Pic. 14), Zephyr Blue, but still not Russian Heath. Very common in this area are Sandy Grizzled Skipper, patrolling the high grasses. In the end, just before departure, I noticed a Russian Heath and we spent quarter of an hour with it. We returned to the hotel and after dinner we took a deserved rest. th Day 7 Saturday 9 July Macedonia – Galichitsa Mt, Vardar Valley; Greece – Kerkini Lake. Weather: sunny and very hot, still (36ºC). Before our transfer from South Macedonia to Greece we decided to take a look again to the highest site of Galichitsa.
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