Krum (male, hatched 2023) wintering 2024-25

[marika.solo]

whole day 17.01.2025

Bulgaria: Belozem - a village in Rakovski Municipality of Plovdiv Province

- On January 17th, Krum moved in the morning to his favourite place foraging and resting place and stayed along the Azmaka stream. For night he stayed again nearby - by the Maritsa River.
- 17. januára sa Krum ráno presunul na svoje obľúbené miesto, kde lovil potravu a odpočíval pozdĺž riečky Azmaka. Nocoval neďaleko - pri rieke Maritsa ako predošlú noc..



searching for food (and resting) / lov potravy (a oddych)

in the morning Krum arrived to the north on this place / ráno priletel na sever tohto miesta


and than Krum stayed along the Azmaka stream / a potom ostal pri riečke Azmaka


1/ PHOTO view on the fields and the Maritsa river / pohľad na polia a rieku Marica (10.11.2024 by Стоян Груев)
click https://i.postimg.cc/W1fcg1Rr/FB-STOIAN ... -k-pia.jpg
(source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 0261527285)

2/ PHOTO view on the area /pohľad na celú oblasť
click: https://i.postimg.cc/bYSjY7gM/2024-11-3 ... -pic-2.jpg
(source: pic from the video https://youtu.be/V9ctaqNbmcs?si=PfI8xI9IlwPuZV6Y by Stoian Gruev uploaded on 30 Apr 2016)

[marika.solo]

January 18
Hello everyone

Krum around Belozem/Белозем (photos,videos, information) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=214

WEATHER situation / počasie dnes (source: https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/belozem)
click:


- even more sunny hours and warmer max. + 6°C / opäť viac slnečných hodín a teplejšie, max. + 6°C

07:44 Sunrise - 17:16 Sunset (Length of day: 9 hours 31 min.)

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situation at 3h UTC


(I will be off-line to late evening)

[marika.solo]

locations/lines on the map are still in two days / stále sú na mape lokalizácie/čiary za dva dni
situation at 15h
(more morning)



mornings near Chalakovi / dopoludnia pri Chalakovi

[marika.solo]

locations/lines on the map are still in two days / stále sú na mape lokalizácie/čiary za dva dni
situation at 21h

- Krum decided to spend the night again near the village of Chalakovi (on the banks of the Maritsa River)
- Krum sa rozhodol nocovať opäť pri dedine Chalakovi (na brehu rieky Marica)

[marika.solo]

whole day 18.01.2025

Bulgaria: Seltsi/Селци - a village in Sadovo Municipality of Plovdiv Province
(Krum's place of night rest administratively falls under the municipality of Seltsi / Krumovo miesto nočného odpočinku administratívne spadá pod obec Seltsi)

Krum made a small circuit to the east on January 18 and from there continued to the Azmaka River to the west to the village of Chalakovi. He spent the whole morning there. In the afternoon he returned to his favourite area between the Srebra and Azmaka Rivers (rice fields with irrigation canals). But for the night he flew to the Maritsa River to the west to the village of Chalakovi.

Krum si 18.1. urobil malý okruh smerom na východ a odtiaľ pokračoval k riečke Azmaka smerom na západ k dedinke Chalakovi. Tam strávil celé dopoludnie. Poobede sa vrátil do svojej obľúbenej oblasti medzi riekou Srebra a Azmaka (ryžové polia so zavlažovacími kanálmi). Na noc ale odletel k rieke Maritsa smerom na západ ku dedine Chalakovi.



near Chalakovi
(details here https://i.postimg.cc/Vvdy6HSx/2025-01-1 ... lakovi.jpg)

[marika.solo]

1/ PHOTO view on the whole area - pohľad na celú oblasť

(source: pic from the video https://youtu.be/V9ctaqNbmcs?si=PfI8xI9IlwPuZV6Y by Stoian Gruev uploaded on 30 Apr 2016)

2/ PHOTO view on the fields and the Maritsa river - the favourite area / pohľad na polia a rieku Marica - obľúbená oblasť (10.11.2024 by Стоян Груев)

(source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 0261527285)

2/ PHOTO view on the Chalakovi area - pohľad na oblasť pri Chalakovi

source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... pe=3 photo uploaded on 22.03.2020 by Стоян Груев

[marika.solo]

January 19
Hello everyone

Krum around Belozem/Белозем (photos,videos, information) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=214

WEATHER situation / počasie (source: https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/belozem)
click:


- sunny and warmer: max. + 12°C / slnečno a teplejšie, max. + 12°C

07:44 Sunrise - 17:17 Sunset (Length of day: 9 hours 33 min.)

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situation at 3h UTC

[marika.solo]

locations/lines on the map are still in two days / stále sú na mape lokalizácie/čiary za dva dni

situation at 10h UTC



- Krum moved in the morning from his night roost not far to the NW - directly to the Azmaka stream an the fields there
- Krum sa ráno presunul zo svojho nocoviska len neďaleko na SZ - priamo k riečke Azmaka a na polia tam



drone view from Belozem to Chalakovi (from beginning to 0:41 or to 1:35)
VIDEO https://youtu.be/OqmcJ02tROo?feature=shared uploaded on 19.10.2018 by Петранка Колева



summer view on this area 06/2023 https://maps.app.goo.gl/q1CGY83mfzL28boo6
winter view on the same area 02/2012 https://maps.app.goo.gl/1apZ5TtNEURqvWaQ8

[marika.solo]

Тиршикова могила - Tirshikov Mound / Tiršikova mohyla



big PHOTO http://wikimapia.org/40765697/bg/%D0%A2 ... to/8194778
(source: http://wikimapia.org/40765697/bg/%D0%A2 ... 0%BB%D0%B0)

street view 06/2023 https://maps.app.goo.gl/2tu5wKkyz3T2ReCeA

[marika.solo]

locations/lines on the map are still in two days / stále sú na mape lokalizácie/čiary za dva dni
situation at 15h



mornings near Chalakovi / dopoludnia pri Chalakovi


- today moving in the favourite area as usual in the rice field and along the irrigation canal
- dnešná oblasť pohybu v obľúbenej oblasti ako obyvkle na ryžovom poli a pozdĺž zavlažovacieho kanálu



- at 15.32.14: speed 3km/h (GPS) - maybe Krum just decided to fly away to roost (next localisation we will have only at 18h, data transmission/data are on the map before midnight)
- o 15:31:14: rýchlosť 3km/h (GPS) - možno sa Krum práve rozhodol odletieť na nocovisko (najbližšiu lokalizáciu budeme mať o 18h, prenos dát/dáta sú na mape pred polnocou)