We're looking for volunteers for Autumn 2021
Have you missed counting raptors as much as we have? If so, we have good news for you: the application round for the BRC volunteer raptor counter positions is now open! After having to cancel both the autumn count in 2020 and the spring count of 2021, we are more than ready to return to do what we are best at — monitoring raptors.
If waking up early to experience sunrise and to count the first flocks of raptors passing through the bottleneck is your cup of tea, continue reading to consider volunteering with us. Photo by Juho Jolkkonen.
The count will run from the 12th of August until the 21st of October 2021. As always, we are looking for volunteers of all skill levels with an interest in bird migration, ability to work in a team, and with the possibility to commit for at least two weeks. Joining our count as a counter is a great opportunity to learn more about raptors and their identification while also contributing to long-term population monitoring. You will stay at one of the local guesthouses and enjoy the passage of over 1 million birds of prey together with other like-minded volunteers from all over the world.
Although we hope that by the start of the count COVID-19 is playing an ever-smaller role in our lives, we cannot exclude the possibility of the pandemic somehow affecting the count. Currently, entry requirements to Georgia seem supportive of us running a count in autumn for volunteers coming from most EU countries. However, if you apply for the volunteer position, please make sure you keep up to date with the conditions regarding the travel to Georgia. In case you are not able to join the count due to COVID-19, we will refund your prepayment (but not any other costs you may have made).
Interested in applying?