text by Tomas Haraldsson and Kai Gauger, photos by Niklas Andersson and Kai Gauger Swedish birds & nature tour operator AviFauna did a successful tour in Azerbaijan 6-14 May, planned and lead by Tomas Haraldsson together with Kai Gauger. In the group were 12 Swedes, one Dane and three German birders and the logistics and… Continue reading spring trip with Nakhchivan by Avifauna
Text © Tomas Axén Haraldsson Photos © Andreas Sandberg Four Swedish birders visited Azerbaijan 17-24 April 2016, focusing on the migration at Besh Barmag and two days in the Greater Caucasus. I helped them with planning, species and contacts. Their trip was overall successful but with some small troubles with rangers in Laza (not the… Continue reading Trip summary 16-24 April 2016
A very detailed and excellent report of the bird migration count at Besh Barmag in October 2015 is now online available: Azerbaijan 25-30 October 2015 Enjoy reading!
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
Just click on the link to his pbase gallery and enjoy! http://www.pbase.com/david_monticelli/bird_trip_to_azerbaijan&page=all Caucasian Snowcock © David Monticelli Güldenstädt's Redstart © David Monticelli Shikra © David Monticelli
Have a look at Josh's stunnning photographs of Azerbaijan's birdlife including Nakhchivan! https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrmjones/sets/72157653695948552 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater © Josh Jones Terek Sandpipers © Josh Jones Grey-necked Bunting © Josh Jones
Text © K. Gauger & M. Heiß After the awful dump at Besh Barmag we drove via Quba into the Greater Caucasus in order to see a much nicer landscape. Our plan was to reach Xinaliq regardless the possible snow cover or expected cold temperatures high up in the mountains. Nobody of us has… Continue reading Winter trip 2015. Greater Caucasus.
Text © K. Gauger & M. Heiß After a night in Qəbələ we continued the way back to the coast. Unfortunately, the weather along the mountains was all but good with low clouds, rain and no visibility at all. So we couldn't enjoy the beautiful landscape. Thus birds were rare and there is nothing to… Continue reading Winter trip 2015. Besh Barmag: Gulls, gulls, gulls…
Text © K. Gauger & M. Heiß Coming from the south we had a short stop at the Aggöl entrance, but we could not enter the national park. We then decided to check the nearby steppes, but due to bad road conditions we did not much birding in this area. However, we saw our first… Continue reading Winter trip 2015. The west: Varvara and dry Ajinohur region
Text © K. Gauger & M. Heiß After leaving Shirvan we had a short stop at the fishponds north of Salyan. Unfortunately, there were only a few birds but among them a dozen Great Black-headed Gulls. The gull friends of our group could not get around the burning dump where they saw about hundred large… Continue reading Winter trip 2015. The south: Mahmudchala, Kizil Agach and Talysh
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