Short update

2010
Written By Admin

Johannes reports:

After two days of rain the weather is improving and temperatures are rising to 35° and higher on the counting stations.

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Generally the migration activity is low, but the numbers of Montagu's (Circus pygargus) and Pallid Harriers (Circus macrourus) is growing every morning. Already 850 Montagu's Harriers and 950 Montagu's/Pallid Harriers have been seen passing south thus far.

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Some other news worth mentioning:

One group of 134 White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) on the 28th of August.

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One Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) on the 29th of August.

First juvenile Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) on the same day.

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First juvenile Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) 30th of August.

A good sighting was a Booted Warbler (Hippolais/Iduna caligata) at the Black Sea shoreline close to Makhindjauri on the same day.

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The Chorokhi delta just south of Batumi is filled with Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), Moustached warblers (Acrocephalus melanopogon), Rose-coloured Starlings (Sturnus roseus) and Greater Short-toed Larks (Calandrella brachydactyla)...

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