Reports & Research
Autumn Report 2018 published
The freshly published BRC Autumn Report 2018 features season highlights, phenological peculiarities and general overview with many photos of both birds and people.
Birds & Birding
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.
Field updates
1 Million Raptors!
Yesterday's highlights were the more than 100,000 raptors counted by both stations and the almost 1,700 eagles on Station 1, but we fell just short of the million.
Field updates
Harrier Madness
The best day of the season on Station 2! So far.
Field updates
500,000 Raptors counted!
The birds may not care, but we do: today we passed the 500,000 raptors mark!
Field updates
The first 100,000
We have now been counting for 12 days and yesterday we passed the first milestone of the season: we have counted the first 100,000 birds! The start of the season has been everything but standard this autumn.
Events
Announcement: Batumi Birdwatching Festival 2018
We would like to invite all of you to the annual Batumi Birding festival, taking place the first week of September this year.
Organisation
BRC Magazine 2017
The final preparations for the upcoming Autumn Count are in full swing. Do you want to read up on what could be ahead of us this season?
Get Involved
5 Reasons why you should NOT participate in Batumi Raptor Count
Since 2008, in a decade of counts, over 300 volunteers have participated in the annual Batumi Raptor Count. This year, the 11th count is held, which runs from August 17th until October 16th of 2018.