The rich biodiversity & variety of habitats offers excellent opportunities to capture images of dragonflies, damselflies, grasshoppers, spiders, beetles, flowers & orchids as well as a kaleidoscope of butterflies.
The summer season offers fantastic opportunities thanks to the area’s rich biodiversity & variety of habitats.
The main target species will be butterflies such as Apollo, Balkan & scarce Coppers, Niobe, High Brown, Dark Green, Twin-spot & other fritillaries, many blues, hairstreaks & skippers. But the areas we will be visiting will also provide opportunities to photograph flowers & orchids, moths, dragonflies & damselflies, grasshoppers, spiders, beetles & more.
The sessions will comprise of early starts & late evenings to take advantage of the best light & the fact that the butterflies & insects are normally motionless at this time. The early afternoons can be used to take a siesta or enjoy the excellent panoramic views while avoiding the harsh midday sun.
The tour will start with two nights in a small village east of Sofia where the guides & you will explore the area for fritillaries, blues, gliders & emperors before moving on to a picturesque village in the heart of the Sredna Gora mountain range. The area has been designated as an architectural reserve & we will spend a couple of days here exploring local meadows for Chequered, Large, Alcon & other blues, Russian Heath, Black-veined White, White Admiral, many fritillaries & skippers, as well as dragonflies & damselflies.
Our final destination is 3-night stay in a butterfly rich plateau in the Western Rhodope mountains. Here we will explore the surrounding meadows, looking for fritillaries, blues, hairstreaks, skippers & orchids.
We offer an all-inclusive accommodation & meal package to ensure that all you need to worry about is taking unique & mesmerising photographs, with the guidance of as you need it.
The species that have been photographed on previous photography holidays to the same regions include apollo, black hairstreak, chequered blue, dark green fritillary, niobe fritillary, dingy skipper, eastern baton blue, eastern festoon, essex skipper, glanville fritillary, green underside blue, grizzled skipper, heath fritillary, high brown fritillary, holly blue, idas blue, ilex hair streak, knapweed fritillary, large blue, large grizzled skipper, large skipper, lesser spotted fritillary, long-tailed blue, lulworth skipper, mallow skipper, marbled fritillary, marbled skipper, oberthur’s grizzled skipper, orbed red-underwing skipper, osiris blue, queen of spain fritillary, reverdin’s blue, scarce copper, scarce swallowtail, silver-studded blue, silver-washed fritillary, sloe hairstreak, small blue, spotted fritillary, swallowtail, tufted marbled skipper, twin spot fritillary, weaver’s fritillary, white letter hairstreak, yellow-banded skipper – so there is plenty there to fill any portfolio!
Photographable Species:
apollo,
black hairstreak,
chequered blue,
dark green fritillary,
dingy skipper,
eastern baton blue,
eastern festoon,
essex skipper,
glanville fritillary,
green underside blue,
grizzled skipper,
heath fritillary,
high brown fritillary,
holly blue,
idas blue,
ilex hair streak,
knapweed fritillary,
large blue,
large grizzled skipper,
large skipper,
lesser spotted fritillary,
long-tailed blue,
lulworth skipper,
mallow skipper,
marbled fritillary,
marbled skipper,
niobe,
oberthur's grizzled skipper,
orbed red-underwing skipper,
osiris blue,
queen of spain fritillary,
reverdin's blue,
scarce copper,
scarce swallowtail,
silver-studded blue,
silver-washed fritillary,
sloe hairstreak,
small blue,
spotted fritillary,
swallowtail,
tufted marbled skipper,
twin-spot fritillary,
weaver's fritillary,
white letter hairstreak,
yellow-banded skipper
Butterflies & Macro Subjects of Bulgaria Photography Holiday Itinerary
