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Programme

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  Morning Afternoon Evening

Wednesday
19 Sept
Pickup at Makhinjauri
Train Station
 Pickup at Batumi
Airport
Welcoming and
festival overview by BRC
History of Batumi raptor
migration
Thursday
20 Sept
Raptor-watching
Local birding*
Cultural tour
Raptor conservation in Ajara - shooting and trapping
​by Johannes Jansen and  Erwin van Maanen 
Friday
21 Sept		 Raptor-watching
Local birding*
Kolkheti NP
Sparrowhawk-trapping

Ageing and sexing raptors
by Andrea Corso
Saturday 
22 Sept

Raptor-watching
workshop
by Andrea Corso

Local birding*
Sparrowhawk-trapping
11am-4pm: Official inauguration of
migration platform
 
5pm-7pm: Raptor migration conservation
by Dr. Keith Bildstein
and monitoring
by Alejandro Onrubia
 Reception
Celebration Banquet
Georgian traditional music
and Party
Sunday 
23 Sept		 Raptor-watching
Local birding*
Mtirala NP		 Overview of festival, observations,
pictures (BRC)
  Morning Afternoon Evening

This schedule is not final and might be adjusted. Date of last modification: 6 August 2012.

* Local birding includes, depending on the weather:
Chorokhi Delta, Batumi Seaside-park and Harbour area, Botanical garden, seawatching in Makhinjauri, Kobuleti wetland, Bird ringing demonstration.
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