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
Text & Photos © M. Heiß Daily we observe new species, which arrived from the wintering grounds and pass through the Besh Barmag bottleneck. The last days arrived Black Redstart, Blackcap, Glossy Ibis, Whimbrel, Steppe Eagle, Wryneck, Montagues Harrier and many more. The number of migrating larks is now decreasing, whereas swallows are increasing. The… Continue reading Rare birds, mist netting and students from Baku
Text & Photos © M. Heiß The wintertime is obviously over and bird migration increase day by day. Currently, we observe good numbers of migrating passerines with daily hundreds of Reed Buntings, Chaffinches and White Wagtails, the first Yellow and Citrine Wagtails also arrived. Daily, thousands of larks pass through the Besh Barmag bottleneck, mainly… Continue reading Spring migration
Text & Photos © M. Heiß I am now back for the spring migration counts in Azerbaijan and I am now accompanied by Friedrich, a student from Germany who is doing research on resting passerines in bushes at the study site. These bushes are a welcome stopover for migrants and sometimes impressively crowed. After some… Continue reading Start of spring migration counts
Text & Photos © K. Gauger Here are some pics of trapped bird. I have been mist-netting at many places, but mainly in Shirvan NP and at Besh Barmag. beautiful Blue-cheeked Bea-eaters caught cross a channel in Shirvan NP Kingfisher, another colourful bird a samamisicus- Common Redstart, note that this bird has even red in… Continue reading nice catches
Text & Photos © M. Heiß After some more or less boring days, the 7th November was maybe the most impressive observation day during the entire autumn season. After a cold and stormy night the landscape was covered with a thin but complete layer of snow. These bad weather conditions lasted the whole day with… Continue reading First snow
Text & Photos © M. Heiß I am currently in Tbilisi (Georgia) due to some trouble with the prolonging of my visa. I hope to get it as soon as possible to continue the bird counts. The last counting day was quite surprising as obviously a shift in species composition took place and several further… Continue reading Start of Sandgrouse and Bustard migration
Text & Photos © M. Heiß Temperature dropped the last few days and obviously forced some more migrating birds to past through the Besh Barmag bottleneck. Thousands of Sky and Calandra Larks are heading south. The number of migrating finches and buntings increases every day, whereas the number of Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters, White Wagtails and Yellow… Continue reading Autumn migration continuous
Text © M. Heiß Chris Gibbins visted the study site to check the gulls at the Caspian Sea. He has already posted some stunning photographs on his blog! Find his website at: http://chrisgibbins-gullsbirds.blogspot.com/
Birding Azerbaijan 