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[krlatec Carpodacus erythrinus 
Common Rosefinch – one 2y individual was observed 
singing near Lun on island Pag (UTM VK84, 
Dalmatia, Croatia)
Bolgarija / Bulgaria
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Veliki galeb – en osebek opa`en dne 17.1.2009 na 
zbiralniku Iskar (UTM GN10, okro`je Sofija, Z 
Bolgarija); prvo opazovanje za obmo~je Sofije
On 17 Jan 2009, during the Mid-winter Bird Census, 
an adult Great Black-backed Gull was recorded at Iskar 
reservoir (UTM GN10, Sofia district, W Bulgaria). The bird 
was flying northwards along the south-western coast of the 
reservoir, in a group of six adult and immature Yellow-legged 
Gulls Larus michahellis. This is the first observation of a Great 
Black-backed Gull in the region of Sofia (Nankinov 1982). 
The species is usually recorded along the Black Sea coast in 
low numbers and mainly in winter, very rarely inland the 
country (own data; Nankinov 2000).
Acknowledgement: I thank all volunteers of the Bulgarian Ornithological 
Centre, Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds and Balkan Wildlife 
Society for their help during this field trip.
Boris P. Nikolov, Bulgarian Ornithological Centre, Institute of Zoology, 
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., BG–1000 Sofia, 
Bulgaria, e–mail: lanius.bg@gmail.com
Atanas P. Grozdanov, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 8 Dragan Tsankov 
Blvd., BG–1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, e–mail: biotribe@abv.bg 
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos 
leucotos
Belohrbti detel – samec opa`en dne 30.4.2005 na 
gori Male{evska (UTM FM61, JZ Bolgarija)
On 30 Apr 2005, a male White-backed Woodpecker was 
observed in the Maleshevska Mountain near the state 
frontier with the Republic of Macedonia (UTM FM61, SW 
Bulgaria). In this region, the forests are comprised mainly 
of Beeches Fagus sylvatica with age around 80–150 years, 
younger trees of natural growing Scots Pines Pinus sylvestris 
and scarce Common Silver-firs Abies alba. In this frontier 
region, the good quality old growth forests in Bulgaria 
are much more fragmented and with smaller area. In 
comparison with this situation in the nearby Republic of 
Macedonia, there are vast and much better preserved old 
growth Beech forests with dashes of pine trees. The region 
where this observation was made has an altitude of 1,150 
m a.s.l. The species has not previously been observed in 
the Maleshevska Mountain and the neighbouring frontier 
mountains of south-western Bulgaria with the Republic of 
Macedonia by Spiridonov (1985), Nankinov (1993) and 
Spiridonov & Georgiev (2007).
Georgi P. Stoyanov, Centre for Protection and Support of the Wild Fauna, 
Golyam Bratan Str. 23, BG–1618 Sofia, Bulgaria, e–mail: georgips@abv.bg
Slika 8 / Figure 8: [krlatec / Common Rosefinch 
Carpodacus erythrinus, 2.6.2009, Tovarnele, Pag. Foto: D. 
[ere
Dne 2.6.2009 sem popisoval pti~e na skrajnem severu otoka 
Paga (UTM VK84, Dalmacija, Hrva{ka) in to v okolici Luna. 
Kasneje sem se spustil do morja v vas Tovarnele, kjer sem v 
pristani{~u pregledoval drevesa z zrelimi murvami Morus sp. 
Kar naenkrat me je iz bli`njega oleandra presenetilo meni 
dobro poznano petje {krlatca. Takoj sem njegovo petje 
posnel na diktafon in s predvajanjem njegovega lastnega 
petja sem ga tako izzval, da se mi je pokazal na bli`nji murvi. 
Kar verjeti nisem mogel, da se med hi{ami ob pristani{~u 
lahko sre~a{ s tako zanimivo in redko vrsto. Vztrajno je nato 
pel po bli`njih drevesih. Na bli`nji hru{ki mi ga je uspelo 
tudi digiskopirati in tako narediti dokazni posnetek (slika 
8). Po obarvanosti perja (ni bil {krlatne barve) je mogo~e 
sklepati, da je bil v drugoletni (2y) osebek, po datumu (2.6.) 
pa je bil verjetno {e na preletu. Zanimivo, da omenjena vrsta 
prezimuje v Indiji. To je moje prvo opazovanje te vrste na 
otoku Pagu.
Dare [ere, SCOP, Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije, Pre{ernova 20, SI–1000 
Ljubljana, Slovenija, e–mail: dsere@pms-lj.si
Iz ornitolo{ke bele`nice / From the ornithological notebook