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General Toshevo
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European Roller (Coracias garulus)
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| The first two days of the trip were spent at a small disused quarry close to General Toshevo, photographing two of the most spectacularly colourful species of bird in Europe. |
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European Roller (Coracias garulus)
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| The Rollers were busy feeding their young and were visiting their nest holes with fresh food items every couple of minutes. The Bee-eaters, however, didn't appear to have young to feed yet since they only occasionally entered their holes and were probably still incubating their eggs. |
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European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
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A family of foxes were living in the base of the sand cliffs and often sat outside the entrances to their den enjoying the morning sun before it got too hot.
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
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| Once the light started getting too harsh for photographing the Rollers and Bee-eaters, I turned my attentions to the abundant insect life... |
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Bee-fly (Bombyliidae)
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unidentified shieldbug (Pentatomidae)
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Graphosoma italicum
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| The two shieldbugs pictured above were both very common on the umbellifera plants. |
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| In rural Bulgaria, the horse and cart is still a common mode of transport. |
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