Text © Tomas Axén Haraldsson Photos © Emil Lundahl . A Swedish birding group monitored the spectacular migration at Besh Barmag for a few days during the week 25-30 October. The group was from the youth committee of Swedish BirdLife on an initiative and leadership by me. We also met up with a local NGO,… Continue reading Autumn migration at Besh Barmag
Text © Hans Olk, Fred Olk & Simon Olk Photos © Fred Olk & Simon Olk From the 10th of October till the 7th of November 2014 we visited Azerbaijan with the primary goal to study bird migration at the Besh Barmag bottle-neck. We are three birders from the Netherlands, at home we carry out… Continue reading 30 days bird migration at Besh Barmag
Hans, Fred and Simon Olk from the Netherlands have been in Azerbaijan and did great migration birding at Besh Barmag. Within less than a month they counted 1.3 million birds! Unfortunately they had to leave too early for the huge winter influx of Little Bustards and many others, but anyway they saw a lot. Amoung… Continue reading WOW!!!
Text & Photos © M. Heiß The analysis of the bird migration study from autumn 2011 and spring 2012 at Besh Barmag is still going on and produced the first article: "The Importance of Besh Barmag Bottleneck (Azerbaijan) for Eurasian Migrant Birds" Acta Ornithologica 48(2):151-164. 2013. The bottleneck is important for several species occuring in… Continue reading Article published about bird migration at Besh Barmag
Text © Tomas Axén Haraldsson, Sweden In April 2012 me and three friends travelled in Azerbaijan for a week of birding adventure. The main source of inspiration, knowledge and help in planning was Kai Gauger and to him we owe the success of our trip. One purpose of that trip was to scout and… Continue reading Swedish Birders visited Azerbaijan in autumn 2013
Text & Photos © M. Heiß In April, a group of Swedish birdwatchers visited my counting spot at Besh Barmag during their trip through Azerbaijan. Please find their excellent trip report on Swedish Club 300 or netfugl.dk. Birdwatching tourists - a rare sight, but with increasing annual numbers.
Text & Photos © M. Heiß The numbers of migrating birds decrease day by day and the end of the spring count is near. Seawatching produced a good day of migrating Arctic Skuas together with Common Terns. Two exhausted Arctic Skuas rested along the beach. One of them was already dying, so I checked the… Continue reading Skuas and Raptors
Text & Photos © M. Heiß Birdwatching in May is probably the most comfortable time with warm temperatures between 20-25°C, sunny weather and many birds and great song activity. Calandra Larks and Isabelline Weathears are singing in the steppes, whereas Nightingales, Cuckoos and Turtle Doves are singing in the bushes. Along the lagoon small breeding… Continue reading Photographs of the last days
Text & Photos © M. Heiß Seawatching became more and more boring the last weeks with only a few migrating terns and waders, but last week I was surprised by an immature Glaucous Gull. The gull had whitish wings and tail and was much larger than the Caspian Gulls and despite the large observation distance… Continue reading Glaucous Gull and some more
Text & Photos © M. Heiß The last two weeks several bird species that are new for the spring counts had arrived. Some of them are new for the whole migration study, such as White-headed Duck, Green Warbler, Spotted Crake, Greater Sand Plover, White-tailed Lapwing, Caspian Plover or Lammergeier. A true highlight was a White-headed… Continue reading New species arrived
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