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GPS-tagged Greater Spotted Eagle at Batumi
On October 1st a juvenile Greater Spotted Eagle carrying a GPS tracker was seen passing Station 1.
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Black-winged Kite in the Chorokhi Delta
During a visit to the Chorokhi Delta, the BRC spring count team spotted a Black-winged Kite, only the second record for Georgia and a wonderful reward after a day of otherwise quiet birding.
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Black kite with wingtags spotted
On September the 22nd, when 4257 black kites flew by station 1, we spotted a black kite with wingtags and a transmitter on his back.
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Unexpected plumage: immature Honey Buzzard
The BRC 2017 autumn count marks a special anniversary season, and it has already brought plenty of surprises.
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MEGA: Egyptian Nightjar, new for Georgia
Volunteers from the BRC team visited Chorokhi Delta on their day off today and found an EGYPTIAN Nightjar on the beach. The bird was flushed by a shepherd dog and flew around observers, giving very close views.
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Rarity: Eleonora's falcon flies over station 2
First rare migrant of the season! Today station 2 enjoyed close views of an Eleonora's Falcon soaring over the counters for a short time.
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Two days in the Chorokhi Delta
On September 18th and 19th a small group of birders from the BRC visited the Chorokhi delta for birding. In total, we observed 99 species, including some birds in the hand at the ringing station.
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Sightings on Observation.org
Share your observations from around Batumi and see what else is around.
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Chorokhi Delta in mid August
Preparations for this year's autumn count are in full swing and the first counters have also arrived. Luckily there was still some time to visit the Chorokhi Delta and around 70 species were observed.
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Tripreport: Eagles and Little Bustards in East Georgia
Just like Batumi, the east of Georgia is a great birding destination in winter. This is the report of Bird Conservation Georgia's first trip to the region.
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Tripreport: Batumi in winter
Outside the main migration season, birding in Georgia can also be very rewarding. Peter Adriaens and Chris Gibbins headed to the Georgian coast in winter for a gull-fest, and turned up the first-ever record of Buff-bellied Pipit for the country.
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Birding in the Chorokhi Delta
The first of september 2013 was a day that will be long remembered for us, four lucky BRC counters that decided to spend their day off in the Chorokhi delta.
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One morning of spring migration in Choroki delta
After more than two weeks of raptor counting, we headed to Chorokhi Delta for an early morning of passerine migration watching, and enjoyed a good variety of species despite the modest numbers.
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Crested or Oriental Honey Buzzard and hybrids
On our first pilot count in 2007, which lead to BRC's birth, the first Crested Honey-buzzard (also referred to as Oriental Honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus orientalis) was recorded on migration over Batumi.
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The first 'Shikra' of BRC: hybrid or aberrant Levant?
After we posted about the first Shikra record of BRC on September 16th, we received several comments about the identification of this challenging accipiter.
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A day birding in the Chorokhi delta (Batumi)
On the 23rd of September two Finnish volunteers of BRC had a day off exploring the bird diversity of Chorokhi delta.
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Shikra: new species for BRC?
Just after his arrival in Batumi, Brecht Verhelst discovered the first putative Shikra (Accipiter badius) ever for the BRC.
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Dark morph Marsh Harriers
Since the start of the count we have seen a lot of Marsh Harriers. At least 16 of them were adult males of the rare dark morph. In former years only a handful of dark birds passed the stations.
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White-tailed lapwing in Chorokhi
On the 1st of May 2012, White-tailed lapwing (Vanellus leucurus) was observed near the Chorokhi delta (just south of Batumi) by Roland Schlegel, a German birder enjoying our homestays.