Station 2. Photo by Lolo Frei.
Photo by Rosena Tomova.
One of the highlights of every season: Ruslan’s party. Photo by Lolo Frei.
One of the highlights of every season: Ruslan’s party. Photo by Lolo Frei.
Slow days are fantastic to train clicking. Photo by Maja Mikulec.
Although it may look like the North Sea, this is actually the Black Sea, with Batumi in the background. Photo by Tim Begijn.
Station 1 team on September 24th.
Eagle identification presentations in the evenings. Photo by Bart Hoekstra.
Some days were slow… Photo by Maja Mikulec.
Station 1 team on the day we passed the 500 000.
The legendary Green Machine, making trips to Station 2 look easy. Photo by Lolo Frei.
Photo by Lolo Frei.
Station 2 team on the day we passed the 500 000.
A rare moment in which the station ‘gloupsed’ (disappeared in the clouds). Photo by Maja Mikulec.
BRC is: bird guides in many different languages. Photo by Maja Mikulec.
This year we not only had a station dog, but also a station cat! Photo by Bart Hoekstra.
Media duties… Photo by Bart Hoekstra.
Station 2 team on September 2nd. Photo by Triin Kaasiku.
Evening presentations by our long-term counter Paulina about raptor migration in Mexico. Photo by Bart Hoekstra.
Station 2 team on September 24th. Photo by Bart Hoekstra.
Georgian cuisine after a long day’s count. Photo by Pia Fetting.
Our makeshift shelter in the beginning of the season.
While you could get one of these T-Shirts by becoming a member online, there’s no comparison with the experience of collecting your shirt on the stations in Georgia. Photo by Rosena Tomova.
Showing the local school children what it’s like to use binoculars. Photo by Bart Hoekstra.
A renovated shelter full of counters and tourists, providing shelter from this season’s rare rain. Photo by Bart Hoekstra.
Your perspective on the world will change when looking through not one, but four binoculars. Photo by Tohar Tal.
Moonwatching sessions at Ruslan’s. Photo by Bart Hoekstra.
Station 1 team on September 2nd. Photo by Bart Hoekstra.
Post-count beers at the station. Photo by Nick Watmough.
Post-experiment toilet paper roll-up. Photo by Bart Hoekstra.