16th Batumi Raptor Count

The count has ended

From August 12th until October 21st, 2024, we have monitored the migration of over 1 million almost 900,000 raptors through the Batumi bottleneck. While we’re preparing our autumn report, you can go through the daily count updates to get a taste of this unusual season.

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Batumi Raptor Count (BRC) aims to monitor and promote the Batumi bottleneck, where over 1,000,000 migrating raptors pass each autumn. Our annual counts serve as a vehicle for research, conservation and education.

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Migration count data

Interested in the day-to-day numbers? Dive into the daily and annual results of over a decade of raptor migration counts.

Autumn 2024

This season we have counted

Our autumn season runs from August 12th til October 21st, 2024. Are you interested in daily and annual results? Click the button below.

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