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Just wondered if anyone has spotted any storks this year? I think it's time for them to start arriving in certain parts of Bulgaria ? so it would be nice to hear from anyone who has seen any? and some pictures might be nice to

Saw three today in Daskot enjoying flying in circles in the thermals, lovely sight.

Saw a big old fella in one of my fields today catch himself the biggest frog I've ever seen here..it (the frog) must have been 18 inches long and Mr Stork threw it around for quite a while before he could swallow it. One of those times I wished I had the camera with me!

Saw our first one's today so martinitsas are off and spring is here

Didn't see our local stork here last night, he coudln't have stood on both legs in that wind, let alone one leg. No sign of him or her today either, will wait and see what happens.

While visiting our new house in Radovets we passed afield full of them 20 plus on the way from Elhovo. We were fascinated.

Our storks nest is a hive of activity, one stork goes off in search for food and the remaining one is collecting wood to build up the nest. Last year there were three chicks, so a lot of weight for the nest to sustain when they are fully grown.

Anyone got storks yet?

Next village along has. Can't see our nest from here so no idea if they are back yet.
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Nice to remove the martinitsas.

Spotted 2 today in our village, not sure where they went though

We have one in the village at the minute perhaps we will get more soon.

Here our first.

Krips Where you been missed you

Not been anywhere I'm still on here looking and reading and its still the best place to be

krypton wrote:

Not been anywhere I'm still on here looking and reading and its still the best place to be

Good reply Karma on it's way

We have storks now, they arrived on the 19th which is the very same day that they came last year. A big shadow resembling a jumbo jet came across our field and then the undercarriage was lowered for landing on it's metre diameter nest. The next thing we noticed was that the stork had brought her own diary which she unclipped from her wing and with a handy biro gave a big tick on the page next to ETA!!