Text © K. Gauger & M. Heiß Arriving at Baku Airport in the early morning of 16th January we immediately received our cars, which have been organised by our tour operator Kaspian Tur. For the ten participants of the trip we rented three 4WD cars. After a brief instruction we had a nice night drive… Continue reading Winter trip 2015. First days: Gobustan and Shirvan National Park
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 © Tomas Axén HaraldssonPhotos © Johan Stenlund The third (following April 2012 and October 2013) arranged group trip by Swedish birders took place 5-13 May 2014 and included the highlights of eastern Azerbaijan: a few days in the Greater Caucasus, the steppes of Shirvan, the wetlands at Machmud Chala and Kizil Agach as well… Continue reading Azerbaijan Trip 5-13 May 2014
Are you interested in recent bird observations and great photographs from Azerbaijan? So, check out Clive Temple's birding blog: http://gonepishing.blogspot.de
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 The second half of our round trip through Azerbaijan led us along the Greater Caucasus range. We visted the alpine zone of the Shahdag National Park around the villages Laza and Xinaliq, which produced some good views of the Caucasian specialities. Welcome to Laza - steep gravel roads need… Continue reading Spring Trip from 21 May to 13 June 2013 (Part 2 – Greater Caucasus)
Text & Photos © M. Heiß Despite this year’s spring trip did not focus on birds, as the interest of the tourist group was in plants and landscape, we had a plenty of good views on the local bird species. The trip started in the capital Baku and we quickly headed south to the Shirvan… Continue reading Spring Trip from 21 May to 13 June 2013 (Part 1 – Shirvan NP, Talysh and Zuvand)
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 © K. Gauger Again I did my every year's spring trip and it turned out to be one of the best ever! Manly because of my visit to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) with Mario Camici and others. But more of that later... Already the time in mainland Azerbaijan was great with 215… Continue reading May trip with Nakhchivan
Birding Azerbaijan 