Text © Kai Gauger From October 22nd to November 20th teams of birders have been around Besh Barmag for countinously counting of the daily visual migration. Before this period there have only been incomplete countings for a few hours per day or random observations by Pia Fetting's ringing team. Migrating Calandra Larks with Besh Barmag… Continue reading Autumn migration at Besh Barmag – a summary
The journal Bird Conservation International has just published a paper about the nocturnal bird migration at Besh Barmag. SummaryBird migration studies are sparse in the Caucasus region, but have received more interest in recent years. To date, these studies have focused on diurnal migration and no information about nocturnal bird migration is available from this… Continue reading Nocturnal bird migration at Besh Barmag
The Baku Magazine recently published an article on the Bird Camp Besh Barmag, which took place in April 2017. Read the whole article here: http://baku-magazine.com/conservation/wings-across-caspian/
Text © Pia Fetting Little Bunting (juvenile) © Pia Fetting In the first half of October rain and a low cloud cover brought some real ornithological goodies to the study site! An Oriental Skylark was heard in the fields on 7th of October and luckily sound recorded the day after: http://www.xeno-canto.org/389517 The second Yellow-browed Warbler… Continue reading The first Little Buntings for Azerbaijan and other nice eastern species at Besh Barmag
Text & Photos © Pia Fetting Volunteer Esther releasing a Wryneck After some stormy and colder days in the beginning of September, temperatures rose again and it was once more like midsummer; still very hot (30+°C) and very dry. After more than three month without rain in this region, all ponds and lagoons were empty.… Continue reading September at Besh Barmag – Much heat, less birds
Text & Photos © Pia Fetting Mist-nets at sunrise Arriving in Azerbaijan in the middle of August, the first days were used for organisational issues and meetings. I finally started bird ringing on the 20th of August. This month is rather hot with temperatures of more than 30°C during daytime and never below 20°C at… Continue reading First two weeks of bird ringing at Besh Barmag
Bird Camp participants and crew © Emin Mammedov/Nature Friends Find the trip report of the Bird Camp Besh Barmag: here!
This documentary shows the activities of the latest bird migration camp at Besh Barmag bottleneck in April 2017 and was kindly produced by an excellent team of: http://www.whattookyousolong.org/ https://youtu.be/zZf6-mPuXDs
© Emil Lundahl & Pia Fetting The Besh Barmag bottleneck near Siyezen (coordinates: 40°59'N, 49°13'E) has recently been identified as a major flyway, where high concentrations of migrating birds are funneled through a narrow coastal plain between the Greater Caucasus and the Caspian Sea. The existence of a bottleneck was proven in extensive field studies… Continue reading Volunteers needed: Bird ringing at Besh Barmag
You have probably heard about Batumi Raptor Count in Georgia, but do you know Besh Barmag in Azerbaijan? Where Batumi is situated at the western end of the Caucasus, Besh Barmag is its counterpart at the eastern end. A bottleneck for migrating birds between the Caucasus mountains and the Caspian Sea that is just being… Continue reading Besh Barmag Bird Migration Counts 4-18 November 2017
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