17th Batumi Raptor Count

This year, we bring you the updates from the field on our website as well — not just via our social media channels, newsletters and daily count updates. We’d love to hear your feedback in the comment sections.

Autumn 2025

This season we have counted

Our autumn season runs from August 12th til October 21st, 2025. Are you interested in daily and annual results? Click the button below.

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Kite Optics sponsorship and 10% discount

We’re grateful to Kite Optics for supporting the Batumi Raptor Count with high-quality optical equipment. As part of their sponsorship, Kite offers a 10% discount on all webshop orders using the code BRC2500KT at checkout.

About

Batumi Raptor Count (BRC) aims to monitor and promote the Batumi bottleneck, where over 1,000,000 migrating raptors pass each autumn. Our annual counts serve as a vehicle for research, conservation and education.

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Migration count data

Interested in the day-to-day numbers? Dive into the daily and annual results of over a decade of raptor migration counts.

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