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
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
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Text © K. Gauger & Photos © H.J. Fünfstück Here are some more photos from our autumn trip. This lark in Kizil Agach looked not like the Lesser Short-toeds which I know from Aze. Comments on subspecies Id are most welcome! Syrian Woodpecker Merlin Black Francolin Goitered Gazelle Little Owl Temminck's Stint Short-eared Owl Finsch's… Continue reading more pics
Text & Photos © K. Gauger From 28.10. to 09.11. I did a trip with some friends from Germany. See what we could find during these two successfull weeks! We arrived in Baku early morning, got our cars at the airport and started immediately to the field. At sunrise we arrived at Besh Barmag, Michas… Continue reading late autumn 2011
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 © M. Heiß From 22nd February to 6th March 2010, we organised a field trip to Azerbaijan. Two friends from Germany joined the expedition. The wintertime is maybe not the best time to visit the country, but it offers great opportunities to see rare wintering species like larks and buntings from western Asia, impressive… Continue reading winter trip 2010
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