⏳ Just 7 days to apply for the Flyway Monitoring Traineeship
Spend a month at Batumi Raptor Count, learning hands-on migration monitoring in one of the world’s largest raptor flyways.
Fully funded travel + acco. Open to conservationists in OSME region.
www.batumiraptorcount.org/flyway-monit... 🪶🦅
Recommended read: our 2025 Autumn Report is out!
As part of our tradition and commitment, we’ve compiled a comprehensive overview of the season’s highlights and phenological peculiarities — complemented by many beautiful photos of both birds and people!
👉 batumiraptorcount.org/autumn-report-2025
NEW PUBLICATION!
Long time coming — now out: the results of our pilot spring raptor counts in Batumi! Read about seasonal contrasts in raptor migration, the eastern Black Sea coast as a principal spring flyway, and much more. 🦅
Paper: doi.org/10.5253/arde...
#ornithology @batumiraptorcount.org
1.5 MILLION RAPTORS! 🦅🤯
For the first time in BRC history, we have recorded a staggering 1.5 million raptors in a single autumn season — a true milestone after 17 years of counting!
Read more here: www.batumiraptorcount.org/brc17/2025/10/15-million-raptors
#ornithology #RaptorResearch
Taklng a break from work and my usual environment to count migrating raptors and storks with @batumiraptorcount.org.
I am making new friends from all over tthe world. Enjoying great food prepared by our hosts.
#amazinggeorgia #ecotourism #shuamta #sakhalvasho #raptorwatchpoint.
It’s a wrap! 🎉
Today marked the final day of #BRC17! What an unforgettable season it’s been: records broken with countless surprises and memories made. All the details will be included in our upcoming autumn report, which will be released soon.
Keep an eye on our social media to stay up-to-date.
We are raising \u20AC30,000 to continue our monitoring, conservation and education work in 2026.
Our 2026 Flyway Monitoring Traineeship is open for applications from raptor enthusiasts living in the OSME region.
Learn all about raptor migration, identification and what it takes to run a count like the BRC, and receive up to €1300 to cover costs.
www.batumiraptorcount.org/flyway-monit... 🪶
Call for Counters!
Join BRC in Autumn 2026 to witness the magnificent migration of >1 million raptors, improve your ID skills, and contribute to population monitoring! Fees: €10-24/day with discounts available!
Read more & apply here: www.batumiraptorcount.org/volunteer-as-raptor-migration-counter
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A typical Batumi migration scene, illustrating the idea of an ‘aerial niche’. For Steppe Buzzards in our bottleneck, that niche is often somewhere between the clouds: great to watch, tricky to count.
Fascinating paper by @cnilsson.science et al: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
📸 @barthoekstra.bsky.social
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We aim to strengthen capacity along the East Afro-Eurasian Flyway. This fully-funded opportunity enables ambitious conservationists from the OSME region to gain hands-on experience they can implement in their home countries. 🪶
Info & Testimonials: www.batumiraptorcount.org/flyway-monit...
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We are raising \u20AC30,000 to continue our monitoring, conservation and education work in 2026.
November issue out online now
www.cell.com/ecology-evol...
We hope you enjoy it!
The cover article is by Cecilia Nilsson and colleagues, photo by Bart Hoekstra
The penultimate interviews in our Disability series feature John Dennehy and Tara Cronin
