The fruits of domestic and wild plants comprise the main food of the urban Stone martens. The secondary food varied during seasons. Insects, birds and mammals (small and bone remains of large mammals) occurred in the feces. Amphibians and reptiles were eaten occasionally.
A new species of the genus Bythinella is described. Its type locality is: South-West Bulgaria, Belasitsa Mountains, Leshnishki Waterfall, northern slope of Kongur Peak. Because of its locality position it was compared and with Greek and Macedonian species.
A total of 47 active badger burrows in the Southeastern Bulgaria were described in order to find whether there are preferences to terrain exposure for its digging activity. The most of the dens were found on terrain with south exposure - 23.4%, followed by these on the east and west side -19.15% each. The dens faced to these three directions, together with these to intercardinal directions connected with south, represented 80.85% of the active badger dens found. A tendency in the preference of the European badger to the southern exposure of the terrain for its digging activity in the region of South-eastern Bulgaria was established.
In the current study we report a total of 99 specimens of terrestrial snails from which the species Zebrina detrita dominated with 76 specimens. All other species were represented by 4-8 specimens each. As a whole the xerophilic species were most abundant - 84 specimens (Z. detrita and Helix figulina). The rest of the specimens were representatives of mesophilic species. The registered freshwater mussels were from the genera Unio and Anodonta, and the marine ones were Ostrea edulis, Mytilus galloprovincialis, and Lima hians.
Our study was aimed on estimation of the species diversity and number of prey of two piscivorous predators in a fish ponds area, and to calculate the trophic niche breadth and their overlap in the same habitat. We studied the area of fish farms near Nikolaevo Town, Kazanlashka Valley (Southern Bulgaria). Otter spraints (n = 48) were gathered from various substrates on banks of the ponds. Grey heron pellets and food remains (bones, scales, hair and feathers) (n > 100 items) were collected from beneath their nesting colony on trees near the farm. The taxonomical diversity of the Gray heron's diet was about two times higher compared with that of the otter. When considering the percent of minimal individual numbers in both diets (Fех), we found that fish was the predominant prey. The main food source species for both predators was the crucian carp. The trophic niche of the Grey heron was broader (BA = 0.3) than the otter's (BA = 0.1). A relatively high overlap level of the niches was estimated (Оpiqi = 0.6). The fact that the dominant food of both predators studied was a non-indigenous fish species to Europe, considered as a pest in the fish farms, determined the otter and the Grey heron more likely as salutary animals in the area and the seasons under this study.