Krum (male, hatched 2023) wintering 2024-25

[marika.solo]

whole day 10.01.2025

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

Krum arrived at his usual place in the morning. He "explored" some irrigation canals. Night roost - the same place (trees near the Maritsa river).
Krum ráno priletel na obvyklé miesto. "Preskúmal" niekoľko zavlažovacích kanálov. 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 11
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 rainy - next days too/ daždivo - aj nasledujúce dni
07:47 Sunrise - 17:08 Sunset (Length of day: 9 hours 20 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 11.40 from the favourite irrigation canal (rice fields) not far to one new place (he visited this place already on XY). From there he continued at 12.30 towards Chalakovi - Azmaka stream. There is his newest localisation.
- Krum sa o 11.40 presunul od obľúbeného zavlažovacieho kanála (ryžové polia) neďaleko na jedno nové miesto (už tam bol dňa XY). Odtiaľ pokračoval o 12.30h smer Chalakovi - potok Azmaka. Tam je aj jeho najnovšia lokalizácia.





- in this photo we see the area where Krum repeatedly flies (in the background is the village of Chalakovi)
- na tejto fotke vidíme oblasť, do ktorej Krum opakovane prilieta (v pozadí je dedina Chalakovi)


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

[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 moved to his usually night roost in this area / Krum sa presunul na svoje obvyklé nocovisko na tomto území



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

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

[marika.solo]

whole day 11.01.2025

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 moved from his most popular area (irrigation canals - rice fields) at noon to another place he had already visited. From there he moved to another popular area near the village of Chalakovi - to the Azmaka river. Here he also spent the night on the more distant bank of the Marica river.
- Krum sa presunul zo svojej najobľúbenejšej oblasti (zavlažovacie kanály - ryžové polia) na poludnie na ďalšie už raz navštívené miesto. Odtiaľ sa presunul do ďalšej obľúbenej oblasti pri dedine Chalakovi - k riečke Azmaka. Tu strávil aj noc na vzdialenejšom brehu rieky Marica.





the midday area (on 28.12.2024 Krum visited this place the first time - later at 13.40; on 11.01 - midday)


PIC from the video uploaded on Jul 10, 2024 by Georgnikolov https://youtu.be/P4MyUWLRdcY?feature=shared

[marika.solo]

January 12
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)


snow/rain is expected - next days too/ sneh/dážď je očakávaný - aj nasledujúce dni
07:47 Sunrise - 17:09 Sunset (Length of day: 9 hours 21 min.)

[marika.solo]

situation at 3h



Rope Bridge Chalakovi - Popovitsa
(info, photos, video) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 221#p40221

[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 stayed by the Azmaka River (not far from Chalakovi) in the morning / Krum ostal ráno pri riečke Azmaka (neďaleko Chalakovi)
(at 13.25 UTC Belozem: it is raining - Sadovo: wet snow, 1°C it feels like -5°)



situation to 10h UTC


wide view on this area (photo posted first in this post https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 911#p40911)


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

[marika.solo]

situation at 15h UTC

NO news (Krum is hidden somewhere most probably - the weather is not favourable today)