Conservation
Partner From the Sky: a new film about Georgia's migrating raptors
Fauna & Flora's short documentary follows Georgian conservationists and falconers working to end raptor poaching in the Batumi bottleneck.
Conservation
‘Fight for Flight’
During our 2023 Autumn count, Heather Fortune volunteered with us. "Fight for Flight" is the title of her year-long solo expedition, contributing to ornithological research and conservation across Europe and Asia.
Conservation
Watch Now: Worlds Collide
The short film Worlds Collide, directed by Nicholas Rodd, about migration through the Georgian bottleneck is now free to watch indefinitely and embedded below.
Conservation
Falconers: friends or foes in raptor research and conservation?
Batumi Raptor Count has long documented the causes and consequences of illegal raptor shooting in Georgia, but the role of traditional falconers remained a blind spot. Last autumn, BRC teamed up with Fauna & Flora International to explore whether a constructive alliance with ethical falconers is possible.
Conservation
Update on hunting monitoring
The first year of the systematic monitoring of the hunting pressure in the Batumi Bottleneck is slowly coming to its end.
Conservation
Raptor shooting survey
Not only birdwatchers are keen on autumn raptor migration, the region around Batumi is also notorious for its raptor shooters. Although it is illegal in Georgia to shoot raptors, many get shot when passing the bottleneck.