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Flyway Monitoring Trainees of 2026
Meet the three 2026 Flyway Monitoring Trainees joining Batumi Raptor Count through the OSME Youth Development Fund.
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Applications open for the 2026 Flyway Monitoring Traineeship
With the preparations for the 2026 Autumn count well underway, we are happy to announce opening applications for the BRC Flyway Monitoring Traineeship.
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Call for Counters: We’re looking for volunteers for Autumn 2026
After successfully completing another crowdfunding campaign, we’re happy to announce the call for counters. The application form is now open for Autumn 2026.
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Flyway Monitoring Trainees of 2025
Last year, we launched the BRC Flyway Monitoring Traineeship, a new initiative with our long-time partner OSME. Meet the 2025 cohort of trainees.
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Applications open for the 2025 Flyway Monitoring Traineeship
With preparations for the 2025 Autumn count well underway, we're delighted to open applications for the BRC Flyway Monitoring Traineeship, run in partnership with OSME.
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Call for Counters: We’re looking for volunteers for Autumn 2025
After successfully finishing another crowdfunding campaign, we’re happy to announce the call for counters. We have now opened the application form and are…
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BRC Flyway Monitoring Traineeship in collaboration with OSME
Over the past decade, migration monitoring has become more and more popular along the East Afro-Eurasian Flyway, with projects (re)starting around the Caucasus region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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We’re looking for volunteers for Autumn 2024
After successfully finishing another crowdfunding campaign, we’re happy to announce the call for counters.
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Count Coordinators for Autumn 2024
With the funding for 2024 complete, we have started preparations for the count! The count will run from the 12th of August until the 21st of October.
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Urgently needed: Long-term counters for Autumn 2023
For every autumn count we rely on a diverse group of volunteer counters. This year, unusually, most of our long-term positions are still open, and we urgently need people to help fill them.
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Count Coordinators for Autumn 2023
We are still raising funds, but preparations for the BRC Autumn Count of 2023 have started. The count will run from the 12th of August until the 21st of October.
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We're looking for volunteers for Autumn 2022
After finishing a successful crowdfunding campaign, we’re happy to finally announce the call for counters.
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Count Coordinators for Autumn 2022
We are still raising funds, but preparations for the BRC Autumn Count of 2022 have started. The count will run from the 12th of August until the 21st of October.
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Volunteers Wanted: Spring Count 2022
In 2019 and 2020 we carried out the first and second spring pilot counts in the Batumi bottleneck, revealing a very different composition of raptor migration compared to autumn. We're looking for volunteers to join us for the third and final spring count in 2022.
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5 Reasons why you should NOT participate in the Batumi Raptor Count
Since 2008, in over a decade of counts, over 380 volunteers have participated in the annual Batumi Raptor Count. This year, the 13th count is organized, which runs from August 12th until October 21st of 2021.
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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!
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Count Coordinators for Autumn 2021
We approach the future with hope in our hearts and have started planning the BRC Autumn Count 2021. The count will run from the 12th of August until the 21st of October.
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5 Reasons why you should NOT participate in Batumi Raptor Count
Since 2008, in a decade of counts, over 300 volunteers have participated in the annual Batumi Raptor Count. This year, the 11th count is held, which runs from August 17th until October 16th of 2018.
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Coordinator team complete
Our team of count coordinators is complete!
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Start of BRC membership
Join us as member to become integral part of BRC. We'd like to create closer ties with you throughout the year, and with your help continue our raptor conservation efforts in Batumi.
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Hunting monitoring volunteers
Sabuko - Society for Nature Conservation Georgia is looking for motivated people who want to help monitor the illegal hunting pressure in the Batumi bottleneck.
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Research Coordinator
The Georgian Black Sea coast is a walhalla for birders, but also ecologists and other researchers are increasingly interested to visit the area.
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Pilot Spring Count 2014
The BRC is conducting its first spring count in Batumi from 01. April till 31. May and invites everybody who is keen to join the migration count.
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Presenting the BRC 2011 Coordinators!
As spring advances, we continue to receive more applications to volunteer for BRC 2011. Thank you all for the enthusiasm!