Field updates
The Honey Buzzards have arrived!
What week it has been in the bottleneck! The weather threw everything at us—rain, fog, blazing sun—but the migration didn’t stop, and neither did we.
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.
Birds & Birding
Unexpected plumage: immature Honey Buzzard
The BRC 2017 autumn count marks a special anniversary season, and it has already brought plenty of surprises.
Field updates
TWENTY-thousand Honey Buzzards and counting
Today we saw a first wave of Honey Buzzards coming over. A nice start, more to come ;) The first movements of harriers were noted as well.
Birds & Birding
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.
Field updates
African-Eurasian Day Record: 179,342 Honey Buzzards
Few days ago on August 30th we were happy to report to you our all time record of 99,000 Honey Buzzards passing our observatories.
Field updates
Day record of 99.000 Honey Buzzards on 30th August 2012
The unique convergence of migratory raptors in Georgia is strongly shaped by the weather conditions in the region, something the BRC team has long observed firsthand.
Field updates
Slow migration, but Oriental Honey-Buzzards on three succesive days...
Following the season's first Crested (Oriental) Honey Buzzard on 9 September, two more were spotted on the following two days, a rare treat during an otherwise slow migration spell.
Field updates
Oriental Honey Buzzard! ... That calls for a little newsflash!
Another 40,000 Honey Buzzards passed through the bottleneck today, capped off by a stunning adult female Oriental Honey Buzzard, only the fourth ever recorded at Batumi.
Field updates
Spectacular migration at the Batumi bottleneck!
It has been a busy week at the Batumi bottleneck, with peak Honey Buzzard migration arriving right on schedule alongside notable sightings of Steppe Eagle and Demoiselle Crane.
Field updates
Two weeks of counting ... 100.000 Honey Buzzards!
it has been about two weeks since the start of count and in that time approx. 100.000 Honey Buzzards Pernis aviporus passed the Batumi bottleneck. This included over 60.000 individuals on August 24th.