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    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    I’ve just found it- nicely secluded.
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    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    Good to hear. Hopefully be able to catch up with you. I’m curious where you’re staying? There’s not a lot between Hamitkoy and the dump though it’s a plum spot for birding. Had a few birders here recently and I’ve about a week of sightings to catch up on Birdforum. Currently a minimum of 5...
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    Holiday turkey october

    Hi Glenn, The Fish Owl is difficult at the moment apparently. I have Soner Bekirs contact details if you want a guide- he seems to be the the go-to person for the owl plus he has a huge amount of knowledge about current sites for speciality birds. There is also this thread with lots of useful...
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    What Bird can you hear just now?

    House and Spanish Sparrows chirping from the front- and intermittent sound of Golden Orioles from the back. Arrived this morning.
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    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    20/04/24 Took a quick trip out between rain squalls and found a crisp male Collared Flycatcher in the mulberry trees and another Great Spotted Cuckoo in the next door grove. Also a surprise Isabelline Wheatear on a small football pitch a few streets away.
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    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    Give me a shout if that’s the case and I’ll meet you. There’s still lots moving through. Savi’s might be possible if in usual spot and small numbers of waders seen daily. There’s another birder here on holiday visiting the tip regularly.
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    What Bird can you hear just now?

    Lesser Whitethroat and Blackbird mainly. A heavy storm since at least 5 am has just cleared and the Blackbirds are singing loudly.
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    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    Had an interesting conversation last night with a friend whose family have long been familiar with the wildlife of the area (without hunting it I should add). He described what sounds very much like Jungle Cat. He said the local name translates roughly as Cane Cat as it’s seen close to the lake...
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    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    18.04.24 Montagu’s Harrier- Fethiye old road fields, Bee-eaters - several flocks in the area Bittern - marshy area below the road bridge later watched by a couple of visiting birders flying down the channel into the reedbeds. Little Bittern- presumed usual breeders 5 Whinchats - dump, 2 White...
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    Holiday turkey october

    If it’s a family holiday - Antalya, Muğla region (Dalyan, Fethiye etc) and Bodrum are all good for birding or within easy distance of good sites. Otherwise there are a huge number of places around the country (including Istanbul) for great birding.
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    What Bird can you hear just now?

    Bee-eaters, they arrived here yesterday and keep distracting me- in a good way.
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    YesilUzumlu, Incerkoy and Cadianda areas.

    Great stuff Dave. I’ll be gritting my teeth until I return. Looking forward to this years Collared Flycatchers. I’ve got Scops and Little Owl out there now.
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    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    07/04/24 Yesterday I took a car trip to Sultaniye for the soothing, therapeutic, pox-ridden manky waters of the thermal baths. A sure fire cure for kidney stones I've been assured. A photogenic Black Stork was wading below the Hamitkoy road bridge and 3 Shoveler flew downstream. A pair of...
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    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    06/04/24 As usual a couple of weeks records to catch up with - todays highlights however; 1 Black Stork, 15 Purple Herons -flock, 6 Wood Sandpipers , 2 Savi’s Warblers, Little Crake, Squacco Heron, 1 Woodchat Shrike, 2 Ortolan Buntings , 1 Cretzschmars Bunting, 1 Greater Short-toed Lark
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    Birding Nice France

    I’ve birded the Var several times though not for a few years. Vague memories of a couple of Caspian Terns on one of the river islands. Usually Crag Martins around the big road bridge past the supermarkets.
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