1988, Bird Grey Heron ( Ardea Cinerea) 8 Bulgarian Stotinki

Bird Grey Heron ( Ardea Cinerea)  

Bird Grey Heron ( Ardea Cinerea)  8 Bulgarian Stotinki 1988

Text: Bird Grey Heron ( Ardea Cinerea)  8 Bulgarian Stotinki 1987

Condition: Ø = used/cancelled

Title:   Birds

Face value:     8

Stamp Currency:       Bulgarian stotinka

Country/area:            Bulgaria

Year:   1988

Set:     1988 Vogels

Stamp number in set:           1

Basic colour:  Multi-coloured

Exact colour: 

Usage:            Franking

Type:   Stamp

Theme:           Animals (Fauna)

Stamp subject:           Ardea cinerea

Michel number:         3692

Yvert number:                       3224

Scott number:                        

Stanley Gibbons number:    3515     

Printing office:            

Perforation:    K 13 : 13¼

Watermark:     Without watermark

Printing:         Offset

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stamp printed in Bulgaria shows Ardea cinerea, circa 1987

L 84-102 cm (neck extended), WS 155 colonies, or sometimes solitarily, in woodland with tall trees beside lakes and brackish sea-bays. Waits patiently, stock lake shores and riversides; rests on one reeds. Hardy, just retreats from ice in N, but some migrate to W Europe. Nest a flat basket of sticks in tree crown.

IDENTIFICATION: Very big, strongly built heron, mostly medium grey above and greyish-white below. Di in flight, and often when standing. Bill straight, powerful, greyish (orangey when breeding), legs grayish somewhat irregular beats, all the time with wings strongly bowed, of up. Upper wings bicoloured, grey with black remiges and primary coverts; also two paler patches at carpal, well visible in front view. (For differences from Purple Heron, see latter.) sides white; crown-side (seldom visible); neck central band. - Juvenile/1st 155-175 cm. Breeds in stock-still, for prey (mostly fish) on leg in shallow water, often at edge of Distinguished from Crane by retracted neck grayish-yellow or grey. Flies with slow, - Adult: Forehead, crown sides and nape black; long, narrow black nape plume -sides pale greyish-white with black 1st-winter: Forehead and crown grey; nape grayish rB2 distinguished grayish-yellow often high crown-centre and heads black-streaked white grayish-black with short plume; head-sides and neck-sides medium grey, as back; neck-centre buffish.

VOICE: Commonest call, often heard at dusk from birds flying to roost, a loud, harsh and croaking ‘kah-ahrk’, which often has a sing-song, echoing quality. At colonies gives knocking and croaking series.