KRUM (2023) - wintering - subadult male from Makov Rescue Station

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January 30
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Krum around Belozem/Белозем (photos,videos, information) viewtopic.php?f=108&t=214

NIGHT (29.01/30.01) - Krum spent the night in the northern shallow marshy area of the Chirpan reservoir area
- Bulgaria: Chirpan - a town (and the administrative centre of the homonymous Chirpan Municipality) in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria

DAY (30.01) - whole day across the area of the "Chirpan" reservoir
- Bulgaria: Chirpan - a town (and the administrative centre of the homonymous Chirpan Municipality) in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria

weather/počasie Chirpan (click):
rainy days and cooling is comming/daždivé dni a prichádza ochladenie

https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/chirpan

Forecast for January 30, 2026: Cyclone brings significant rainfall and thunder. By the end of the day, the weather will improve.
https://www.meteobalkans.com/novini/prognoza/prognoza-za-30-qnuari-2026-g-ciklon-nosi-znachitelni-valeji-i-gramotevici

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Last position: 2026-01-30 10:00:10 (UTC)

to me the location at 7:50:15 is false / podľa mňa je lokalizácia o 7:50:15 falošný údaj

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Last position: 2026-01-30 15:27:13 (UTC)

- several data are missing: 14:10 - 15:27; 11:00 - 13:00 (today we have data recorded every 10 minutes)
(right now the solar battery charge dropped from 89% to 31%)
- chýbajú viaceré údaje: 14:10 - 15:27; 11:00 - 13:00 (dnes máme údaje zaznamenané každých 10 minút)
(práve teraz nabitie solárnej batérie kleslo z 89 % na 31 %)

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whole day 30.01.2026

- whole day across the area of the "Chirpan" reservoir
- celý deň v oblasti rezervoáru "Chirpan"

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January 31
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Krum around Belozem/Белозем (photos,videos, information) viewtopic.php?f=108&t=214

NIGHT (30.01/31.01) - Krum spent the night in the northern shallow marshy area of the Chirpan reservoir area
- Bulgaria: Chirpan - a town (and the administrative centre of the homonymous Chirpan Municipality) in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria

DAY (31.01) - almost the entire day on the northern edge of the "Chirpan" reservoir
- Bulgaria: Chirpan - a town (and the administrative centre of the homonymous Chirpan Municipality) in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria

weather/počasie Chirpan (click):

https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/chirpan

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Last position: 2026-01-31 10:00:08 (UTC)

NO next data till now - NIE sú ďalšie údaje doteraz

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whole day 31.01.2026

- Krum spent almost the entire day on the northern edge of the reservoir, where the Tekirska River creates shallow, marshy terrain
- Krum strávil takmer celý deň na severnom okraji rezervoáru, kde riečka Tekirska vytvára plytký, močaristý terén.

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February 01
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NIGHT (30.01/31.01) - Krum spent the night in the northern shallow marshy area of the Chirpan reservoir area
- Bulgaria: Chirpan - a town (and the administrative centre of the homonymous Chirpan Municipality) in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria

DAY (01.02) - whole day in the northern shallow marshy area of the Chirpan reservoir area (snow/rain)
- Bulgaria: Chirpan - a town (and the administrative centre of the homonymous Chirpan Municipality) in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria

weather/počasie Chirpan (click):
snow and cooling / sneženie a ochladenie

https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/chirpan

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CHIRPAN - MUNICIPALITY
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- https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0 ... %BD%D0%B0)
- https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ob%C5%A1tina_%C4%8Cirpan

... About 2/3 of the territory of the municipality, in the middle and southern part of it stretches the Upper Thracian Valley, which in this part is slightly hilly ... Through it flow entirely (Tekirska River and the Old River) or partially (Merichlerska River and Martinka) four larger left tributaries of Maritsa ...

CHIRPAN - TOWN
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirpan
- https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0 ... 0%B0%D0%BD)
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winter view (12.01.2026): viewtopic.php?p=53401#p53401
video posted 31.01.2026 (wet snow) https://www.facebook.com/reel/1814720605894653 or here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgJESz43E8s&t=1s


TEKIRSKA RIVER
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- https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0 ... 0%BA%D0%B0
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... left tributary of the Maritsa River. Its length is 33 km. ... After the village of Spasovo enters the Upper Thracian Valley, and here its valley is shallow and with a small longitudinal slope. ... The river has rain feeding, the maximum is in the period January-May, and the minimum – July-October. ... In the Upper Thracian Valley, the waters of the river are used for irrigation, and for this purpose, 3 micro-dams (the largest dam "Chirpan") have been built along its course.

CHIRPANSKA KORIYA - YAGUCH - "Yaguch" hut (Krum sometimes stays there overnight. The site is a protected, centuries-old oak forest, located about 7 km north of the reservoir area.)
- information, photos: viewtopic.php?p=53333#p53333, viewtopic.php?p=53334#p53334 and next

"CHIRPAN" RESERVOIR (feeding, resting ground)
PHOTOS (current): viewtopic.php?p=53347#p53347 and next

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Last position: 2026-01-31 21:00:00 (UTC)

in BG it is actually snowing everywhere (also heavy snowfall)