Reports & Research
Autumn Report 2019 published
The 12th season brought unprecedented numbers of Black Kites, a new raptor species for the BRC counts, and marked the start of an education project in collaboration with local teachers.
Reports & Research
Half Season Report 2019
The 12th edition of the Batumi Raptor Count started differently than previous years, with a brand-new observation platform at Station 1 and an earlier start date. Read on for the season's highlights, from record-breaking rollers to a stunning dark morph Marsh Harrier.
Reports & Research
New publication: Population trends from 8 years of BRC Autumn Counts
For 8 important species for the bottleneck, we have analysed trends over the past 8 years of standardised counts (2011-2018).
Merchandise
New BRC T-shirts
We are proud to announce that with the new season come two brand new designs for BRC T-shirts.
Field updates
Season 2019 has started
This year the 12th of August already marked the start of the 12th Batumi Raptor Count. To better detect changes in migration timing, we have decided to start the count 5 days earlier and finish 5 days later.
Reports & Research
Spring Report 2019 published
After 11 years of autumn counts it was time for something completely different. This spring a group of 13 enthusiastic counters monitored the Batumi spring migration from March 21st until May 31st.
Organisation
BRC Magazine 2018
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?
Birds & Birding
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.
Field updates
Spring Count Update
Where to start? Well, let's start with the beginning of the day: unlike in autumn, where you are woken up by just the sound of the local rooster calling, in spring he's joined by a choir of feathered friends.
Reports & Research
BRC goes Open Access
In 2008 Batumi Raptor Count made its first full-season count of migrating raptors along the eastern Black Sea coast.
Events
BRC at IBOC2019
We just returned home from the 3rd International Bird Observatory Conference (IBOC) in Eilat. It was a very successfull get together of people from bird observatories across the globe to share knowledge and experiences.
Reports & Research
New publication: Egyptian Nightjar at the Chorokhi delta, Georgia and status in Europe
In August 2017 a BRC team (Jonas Schärer, Xu Shi and Jaime Escobar) observed an Egyptian Nightjar in the Chorokhi Delta which turned out to be the first national record.
Field updates
Pioneering pilot spring count in Batumi 2019
Spring migration in Batumi? We would love to show you what that looks like, but we don’t really know. All we know for certain is that birds will be going in the opposite direction, somewhat like in the video below. But how many?
Organisation
New raptor watch platform
Now that the minister of Finance and Economy of Adjara has announced the construction of the new raptor watch platform, we are proud to spread the word.