Spring Report 2020 published
Black Kite with a mole. Photo by Tohar Tal.
Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has ground daily life to a halt for many of us, bird migration of course continued and so did our team of spring counters in Batumi. The 2nd official spring count reaffirms the unprecedented growth in Black Kite numbers, that few Honey Buzzards use the bottleneck on the way to their breeding grounds, and that Batumi is a fantastic place for spring birding.
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