Education
Our first online identification presentation: Ringtail Harriers
Explore our new guide to Montagu's, Pallid and Hen Harriers, inspired by years of volunteer training at Batumi. Your photographs can help us improve it further.
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.
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.
Birds & Birding
The first 'Shikra' of BRC: hybrid or aberrant Levant?
After we posted about the first Shikra record of BRC on September 16th, we received several comments about the identification of this challenging accipiter.