Krum (male, hatched 2023) wintering 2024-25

[marika.solo]

whole day 08.01.2025

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

Krum arrived at his usual place in the morning. At 7h UTC he set off on a small circuitous route with several stops. At 13h UTC he was back at the place he had departed from in the morning. Night roost - the same place (trees near the Maritsa river).
Krum ráno priletel na obvyklé miesto. O siedmej sa vydal na malú okružnú cestu s niekoľkými zastávkami. O 13h bol späť na mieste odkiaľ ráno odletel. Nocovisko - to isté miesto (stromy pri rieke Marica).





1/ 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)

2/ 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)

3/PHOTO closer view on the fields there /blízky pohľad na polia tam (by Стоян Груев who lives in Belozem - memory from 21.11.2017 shared on 21.11.2024)
click: https://i.postimg.cc/JzsL2jfw/2024-11-2 ... 8930-n.jpg
(source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 0261527285)

[marika.solo]

January 09
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

it will be clear / jasno
07:48 Sunrise - 17:05 Sunset (Length of day: 9 hours 17 min.)

situation at 3h

[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 is moving along one irrigation canals there (like last days) / Krum sa pohybuje podĺž jedného zo zavlažovacích kanálov tam (ako posledné dni)

[marika.solo]

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

situation at 15h UTC

Krum spent the day mostly along one irrigation canals there (like previous days) / Krum strávil väčšinu dňa pozdĺž jedného zo zavlažovacích kanálov tam (ako v predchádzajúce dni)

at 15h UTC (16 too) in Belozem it is still warm weather - 13 degrees
(Forecast for 10 January 2025 BG: Last warm day of this week. In the evening over northwestern and western Bulgaria will start rainfall.)

[marika.solo]

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

situation at 21h UTC

Krum sent data from the same night roost like previous night. / Krum odoslal údaje z toho istého nocoviska ako predošlú noc.



WEATHER (evening-night and next days) / počasie (večer - noc a ďalšie dni)

it is raining - prší
(source: https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/belozem)

[marika.solo]

whole day 09.01.2025

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

Krum arrived at his usual place in the morning. Night roost - the same place (trees near the Maritsa river).
Krum ráno priletel na obvyklé miesto. Nocovisko - to isté miesto (stromy pri rieke Marica).





1/ 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)

2/ 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)

3/PHOTO closer view on the fields there /blízky pohľad na polia tam (by Стоян Груев who lives in Belozem - memory from 21.11.2017 shared on 21.11.2024)
click: https://i.postimg.cc/JzsL2jfw/2024-11-2 ... 8930-n.jpg
(source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 0261527285)

[marika.solo]

January 10
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

it will be mostly cloudy/ prevažne oblačno
07:48 Sunrise - 17:06 Sunset (Length of day: 9 hours 18 min.)

situation at 3h



night roost area:
- Maritsa-Parvomay - IBA (Important Bird Area) https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/fact ... lgaria/map (or https://www.birdsinbulgaria.org/ovm.php ... =114&id=81) and
Natura 2000 site (code BG0002081) - detailed info https://natura2000.egov.bg/EsriBg.Natur ... 002081.pdf (map - click: https://i.postimg.cc/cJJcCF1R/2024-10-1 ... ea-big.jpg)
- Maritsa river: info, photo,videos https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 879#p39879

[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 is moving along the irrigation canals there (like last days) / Krum sa pohybuje pozdĺž zavlažovacích kanálov tam (ako posledné dni)

[marika.solo]

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

situation at 15h UTC

- Krum moved at 12.30 from the favourite irrigation canal (rice fields) not far to one new place. There he is from 13.40.
- Krum sa presunul o 12.30 od obľúbeného zavlažovacieho kanála (ryžové polia) neďaleko na nové miesto. Tam je od 13.40 hod.

[marika.solo]

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

situation at 21h UTC

Krum sent data from the same night roost like previous night (no localisation at 21h). / Krum odoslal údaje z toho istého nocoviska ako predošlú noc (nie lokalizáciu o 21h UTC).



WEATHER (evening-night and next days) / počasie (večer - noc a ďalšie dni)



(source: https://www.meteobalkans.com/evropa/bulgaria/belozem)

- (GT)11.01.2025: Snow will fall over Western, NW Bulgaria and the Central Pre-Balkan, as well as over the mountainous areas! In the low parts of the Danube Plain, the Upper Thracian Plain and along the Black Sea coast the percipitation will be rain and snow, there will be also icing. Significant amounts will be in Central and Northeastern Bulgaria. In the Ludogorie there will be conditions for intense snowfall.
(source: https://www.meteobalkans.com/novini/pro ... uari-2025g)

11.01.2025: Snežiť bude v západnom, severozápadnom Bulharsku a strednom Predbalkáne, ako aj v horských oblastiach! V nízkych častiach Podunajskej nížiny, Hornotráckej nížiny a na pobreží Čierneho mora budú zrážky dažďové a snehové, vyskytne sa aj poľadovica. Významné množstvo zrážok bude v strednom a severovýchodnom Bulharsku. V Ludogorsku budú podmienky na intenzívne sneženie.