UPDATE: Please check the updated call considering the daily fees and conditions: https://birdingazerbaijan.org/2022/07/21/update-call-for-counters-besh-barmag-bird-migration-count-2022/ We are happy to announce another bird migration counting season at Besh Barmag bottleneck for autumn 2022. After the very successful full season in 2018 a planned new highway crossed our plans for autumn 2019 and in 2020 and 2021 a global… Continue reading Call for Counters: Besh Barmag Bird Migration Count 2022
Check out another podcast about birdwatching tourism in Azerbaijan by Elizabeth Linder and Kai Gauger! https://podcast.azerbaijan.travel/episodes/the-art-of-bird-tourism-in-azerbaijan
Zülfü Fərəcli gives a talk to the Əkinçi project (https://akinchi.org/) about birdwatching and bird conservation in Azerbaijan. Non-native viewers might use the English subtitle. https://youtu.be/7sHU7-3YGbQ
Photos © Zülfü Fərəcli On 6 September 2021 Zülfü Fərəcli found Azerbaijan's second Black-winged Kite at Besh Barmag. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/UHnCqy1lYU8
Since 5 August 2021 Azerbaijan has re-opened the country for tourism and welcomes guests from various countries! The latest Covid-19 travel information can be obtained from the Azerbaijan Tourism Board website: https://azerbaijan.travel/covid-19-en If you are looking for an exciting birding destination this autumn, such as the fabulous bird migration at Besh Barmag, huge wetlands, the… Continue reading Azerbaijan has re-opened for tourists
Check out the 'Birdwatching in Azerbaijan' episode of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board podcast series! This episode will give you a brief overview of birdwatching tourism in Azerbaijan. https://feeds.simplecast.com/AEQN7C9F Much more interesting episodes are listed below: https://feeds.simplecast.com/AEQN7C9F
For those who couldn't join live: The virtual salon about the future of birding tourism in Azerbaijan can be seen on YouTube https://youtu.be/o_SqlN7jS84
Text & Photos © Pia Fetting The first records of Little Bunting for Azerbaijan were recently published in the Sandgrouse magazine of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East: Fetting P & Buddemeier J (2021) First records of Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla for Azerbaijan. Sandgrouse 43(1): 146-150. https://osme.org/sandgrouse/ Summary: During a comprehensive survey of migratory birds at… Continue reading First records of Little Bunting published in Sandgrouse
Following an invitation of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board international experts come together to discuss the future of birding tourism in Azerbaijan. You want to know more about this fascinating country, it's birds and how eco-tourism is developing there? Then join the discussion! Jun 28, 2021 05:00 PM London https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87256187693
A recently published paper suggests species level for the Caucasian subspecies Prunella modularis obscura, which is currently treated as subspecies: Pavia M, Drovetski SV, Boano G, Conway KW, Pellegrino I, Voelker G (2021) Elevation of two subspecies of Dunnock Prunella modularis to species rank. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 141(2):199-210. https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-british-ornithologists-club/volume-141/issue-2/bboc.v141i2.2021.a10/Elevation-of-two-subspecies-of-Dunnock-Prunella-modularis-to-species/10.25226/bboc.v141i2.2021.a10.full?fbclid=IwAR2LIl2F3G_JrkKZwM2GJD1saGxI-we2fdffGxBVN3LkkrEBhtnN4oeImYA Abstract The Western… Continue reading Possible new species to Azerbaijan: Caucasian Dunnock
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