We review Swarovski Optik's new FieldPro package, as Jasper Wehrmann, Folkert de Boer and Johannes Jansen share their thoughts on the redesigned EL binoculars they've been using this season.
At the Champions of the Flyway awards ceremony the Batumi Raptor Crew was honored to receive a check of $30.000 for Bird Conservation Georgia, presented by Angelo Caserta, BirdLife’s Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia.
As the first recipient of a grant from the Champions of the Flyway event, we are delighted to field the Batumi Raptor Crew team and play our part to help the inaugural Champions of the Flyway Bird Race in Eilat become a runaway…
We are pleased to inform you that BirdLife and SPNI have selected Bird Conservation Georgia as the first recipient of funding generated by the Champions of the Flyway Bird Race to support our conservation work!
Batumi Raptor Count (BRC) has been awarded a $23,400 grant from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF).
Our Birds and Biodiversity Camp is one of two youth projects at BRC in 2013 which aims to bring together young people from the Caucasus and western Europe with a passion for nature and environmental conservation.
Last autumn, we were delighted to receive the continuing support of Swarovski Optik. They have been providing us high quality optics to conduct our count, as always loaning their newest products.
It is our distinct pleasure to announce that the Rufford Small Grants Foundation (RSGF) has approved a 2nd small grant for the monitoring and conservation work conducted at BRC.
To cope with our rapid growth and increase in activities, we are constantly looking for additional funding opportunities.
From 27th until the 30th of september, the Rufford small grants recipients conference was held in Tsaghkhadzor, Armenia.
It is our pleasure to have received 3 Swarvovision binoculars and 3 scopes with alu and carbon tripods for the autumn count 2012.
There are not many decent 12X binoculars on the market. Most are bulky in the hand, have a dark image, and have a field of view akin to viewing birds through a pair of toilet paper tubes. But Swarovski's entry is a bit different.
We're proud to announce that Swarovski Optik has lent us new scopes and binoculars to support the count, a generous boost for our volunteers on the watchpoints.
The Ornithological Society of the Middle East has granted 500 GBP to the project 'Assessment of hunting pressure on migrating raptors through the Lesser Caucasus'.
A grant of 20,000 EUR has been awarded to a cooperation between BRC and Georgian Centre for the Conservation of Wildlife (GCCW).
we are pleased to announce that the Rufford Small Grants Foundation has awarded 6000 GBP to the monitoring and educational activities of BRC 2011.