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Place Category: Trip ReportsPlace Tags: Bulgaria and Palearctic
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Roach’s Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus roachi). Photo Nedko Nedyalkov.
In September 2020 I spent a happy week with my son, Patrick and Bulgarian mammalogist Nedko Nedyalkov looking for small mammals around Bulgaria.
Sofia
Miller’s Water Shrew (Neomys milleri)
Overnight on Vitosha Mountain south of Sofia we caught a couple of European Snow Voles, several Bank Voles and a Miller’s Water Shrew and saw a Red Squirrel.
European Snow Vole (Chionomys nivalis)
Pleven
Mound-building Mouse (Mus spicilegus)
We failed to find Romanian Hamsters during two nights at Pleven. But we did see European Souslik, and capture Mound-building Mice and a Striped Field Mouse. While an hour with a thermal scope produced a Wood Mouse and Golden Jackals.
Tsarevo
Harting’s Vole colony
We were unable to see Harting’s Voles or Martino’s Mole here, though they are quite common. But while looking we found European Souslik, a Weasel and a Northern White-breasted Hedgehog
Svilengrad
Roach’s Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus roachi)
Checking nestboxes with Nedko produced Edible Dormouse, Forest Dormouse and, the very rare, Roach’s Mouse-tailed Dormouse as well as Yellow-necked and Wood Mice.
Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)
Nearby we caughgt a Guldenstaadt’s (formerly Lesser) White-toothed Shrew, and an East European Vole (Microtus mystacinus).
Guldenstadt’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura gueldenstaedtii)
Kresna
Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse (Apodemus epimelas). Photo Nedko Nedyalkov.
Western Broad-toothed Field Mice were easy to catch in the rocky habitat around Kresna. We also had several Yellow-necked and Wood Mice.
Patrick and a Forest Dormouse
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Community Reports
Small Mammaling, S eptember 2020: Jon Hall, 6 nights & 20 species including Mouse-tailed Dormouse, European Snow Vole, Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse and Miller’s Watershrew.
The Balkans, 2016 (and some flashbacks to the early 1990s): Vladimir Dinets, 6 weeks and 100+ mammals including Martino’s Snow Vole, Romanian Hamster, Western Broad-toothed Mouse, Bicoloured and Etruscan Shrews, a Mediterranean Monk Seal and European Polecat.
Bulgaria & Romania, 2016: Romain Bocquier, 3 weeks & 16 species including Edible Dormouse, Pine Marten, Brown Bear and European Free-tailed Bat.
Bulgaria, 2015: Mike Richardson, 1 week & 13 species including Eastern Hedgehog, European Wildcat, Beech Marten and Balkan Short-tailed Mouse.
South West Bulgaria, 2015: Richard Webb’s notes of a few days, mainly birding. Mammals included a Beech Marten and a Badger. Useful logistical information for trip planning.
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Please email me if you have tips for mammal watching in this area.