Bear & Bird Photography Holiday – Slovenia (Notranjska + Lake Cerknica + Rakov Škocjan)

Heatherlea Wildlife Holidays — Scottish wildlife tour operator running annual Slovenia Bears & Birds summer holiday. Two bear photography hides: (1) water-station hide (excellent for bird photography between bear sessions: 4 woodpecker species, boreal Ural and pygmy owls, wryneck, hawfinch, crossbill, kingfisher, dipper); (2) deep forest bear hide. Also full-day excursion to Rakov Škocjan valley (moss-clad stone bridges derelict chapels mixed woodland cliffs caves — excellent for camera settings practice) and Lake Cerknica (IBA: little bittern spotted crake hobby black stork pygmy cormorant rosefinch Savi's warbler). Visit to Križna Jama water cave (UNESCO heritage site with underground lakes and cave bear bones). Suitable for all levels — 'from the experienced to those who have never sat in a wildlife hide before.' July departure.