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Annual bird counting

The coastal plain at the Beshbarmag, surrounded by Caucasian Mountains and Caspian sea, functions as a bird migration corridor. 

During the last ten days, counters witnessed more than 90 species and over 220000 individuals, with a big number of Garganey (around 10.000) and Black-winged Pratincoles (1000). According to the counters' comments, the signs of summer fading away are noted with the decrease in a number of Rollers and Terns. Although there were no longed southeastern winds, the Terns kept on passing through and their number grew up to 13.000. The first Great Black-headed Gull and increasing numbers of Rook are the indicators of the approaching winter. Almost every day, counters observe exquisite species Ortolan Buntings, Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters, Levant’s Sparrowhawks, Dalmatian Pelican and the Vultures. Some of the new species, including red-billed Choughs moving south on September 11th, were also registered by the counters.

Numbers of the birds are updated every day and can be found at trektell.com. Besides updates on numbers, counters report in detail, describing how each day of the bird counting went.