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BRC 2024 T-Shirt

As you know, the start of a new count season also means that we are launching a new annual T-Shirt. For the 16th edition of the Batumi Raptor Count, we’re featuring a new species on our T-Shirts: the Black Kite. Nowadays, we count over 300,000 of them each year, so it is about time this species features prominently on our annual T-Shirt. Thanks to Nicolas Van Overmeeren for providing this year's Black Kite illustration. And thanks to Kite Optics for so fittingly sponsoring the T-Shirts we’re selling in Sakhalvasho. Get them now!

 
 

If you visit us in Georgia

When you visit us in Sakhalvasho, you can get the 2024 T-shirt in the following color.

The version of the 2024 T-shirt you can get from us in Sakhalvasho.

 

Online orders

The following T-shirts can be ordered online. The design is the same, but the colors of the T-shirts are different. The T-shirts are made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

 
 
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BRC 2023 T-Shirt

As you know, the start of a new count season also means that we are launching a new annual T-Shirt. For the 15th edition of the Batumi Raptor Count, we’ve decided to feature a new species on our T-Shirts, the Booted Eagle. This mini-Eagle shows splendidly on each of our T-Shirts, from the mini S sizes to the not so mini but no less beautiful XXL+ sizes. Get them now!

 
 

If you visit us in Georgia

When you visit us in Sakhalvasho, you can get the 2023 T-shirt in the following color.

The version of the 2023 T-shirt you can get from us in Sakhalvasho.

 

Online orders

The following T-shirts can be ordered online. The design is the same, but the colors of the T-shirts are different. The T-shirts are made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

 
 
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Bird Artwork by Jérôme Wey

 

BRC is happy to announce our collaboration with Jérôme Wey! 

 
 

Jérôme is an artist and keen French birdwatcher, currently living in southern France. Largely influenced by his travels and the graffiti culture, his art, mostly birds, are realistics and highly colourful tending to explore a more modern approach than the traditional naturalist art. His bird drawings are treated as human portraits with a certain pride and eminence while conserving vulnerability. He has generously offered to sell his drawings to raise money for the BRC.

 

“I have always been passionate about nature and animals, birds hold a special place in my life. As such and aware of the challenges and threats that weigh on them, especially during their migration, it seems essential to me to protect them. This is where the Batumi Raptor Count comes in. The BRC is doing tremendous work to collect valuable data, to involve local people as well as their desire to limit the impact of hunting and poaching. So, when the opportunity presented itself to me to be able to help the BRC, I did not hesitate for a second.” - Jérôme

 

Check out Jérôme’s work on his Instagram, Facebook or his website!

Jérôme’s bird drawings are available as prints in A4 format, or as an original. The drawings are made with mixed materials including acrylic paints, alcohol markers and colour pencils. There is one original available or 20 prints, each print is unique on its own as Jérôme adds more details after printing. Originals are made on white grain paper, prints are available on glossier paper. 

Drawings are shipped worldwide from France in a cardboard envelope, delivery times range from 3-15 days. Shipping is included in the price.

For now there are four drawings available, but hopefully we are able to add other prints in the future!

 
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