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  1. angusmcoatup

    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    I’ve just found it- nicely secluded.
  2. angusmcoatup

    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...
  3. angusmcoatup

    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...
  4. angusmcoatup

    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.
  5. angusmcoatup

    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.
  6. angusmcoatup

    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.
  7. angusmcoatup

    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.
  8. angusmcoatup

    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...
  9. angusmcoatup

    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...
  10. angusmcoatup

    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.
  11. angusmcoatup

    What Bird can you hear just now?

    Bee-eaters, they arrived here yesterday and keep distracting me- in a good way.
  12. angusmcoatup

    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.
  13. angusmcoatup

    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...
  14. angusmcoatup

    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
  15. angusmcoatup

    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.
  16. angusmcoatup

    Wagtails - (Cyprus)

    This is useful for me. There was a huge number of Yellow Wagtails around my area in SW Turkey yesterday with several similar to these.
  17. angusmcoatup

    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    16/03/24 A recent introduction to the joy of kidney stones has limited my spring birding this year. However there’s been plenty about on my occasional foray out or from the balcony. Today, Alpine Swifts in impressive numbers were dotted high across the sky. More Swifts also distantly towards the...
  18. angusmcoatup

    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    03/03/24 First White Stork of the spring for me today, circling Yangı so possibly one of the mosque nesting pair. A White throated Kingfisher called from the forest close to the lake and 3 Barn Swallows were over the garden.
  19. angusmcoatup

    What are the most interesting wildlife that you've seen in YOUR HOUSE?

    Covered balcony for me. Not technically inside but there are days where 8-10 Red Rumped Swallows are lined up along the balcony washing line, all windows open, and it feels like they are inside. The lizards often venture in on summer days and the geckos live in the internal wall cavities used...
  20. angusmcoatup

    What are the most interesting wildlife that you've seen in YOUR HOUSE?

    Bats, an occasional Beech Marten (seen once, probably heard several times), Turkish Geckos , Wall Lizards, and hopefully Red Rumped Swallow. A regular pair were prospecting an old nest last year so maybe this year they’ll move in.
  21. angusmcoatup

    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    24/02/24 A couple more Swallows and House Martins along the lake and over town this week. A Goshawk shot out of the forest edge this morning and a Sardinian Warbler sang from the remains of a palm grove. Highlight though was a Black Stork this evening flying towards Hamitkoy over the forest.
  22. angusmcoatup

    Köyceğiz & Mugla area - SW Turkey

    17/02/24 A Barn Swallow and 3 House Martins heralded the warm spring weather and ChiffChaffs were calling from all corners. A typically Turkish encounter with a local ended up with me (and my bike) being given a lift in a tractor trailer to his land by the lake near the Namnam river. Here he...
  23. angusmcoatup

    22 years of Birding

    One of the few things that gave me (and my brother) the heebies about our cycling expeditions was the canal. We were well out of our home area, the Leeds-Liverpool canal is never inviting at the best of times and there was always, as occasionally happened, the possibility of meeting hostile...
  24. angusmcoatup

    22 years of Birding

    I’ve just checked my first birding notebook- aged 13 I started cycling to Pennington Flash plus taking in Chat Moss. At least 18 mile round trip, mainly along a dual carriageway. I might have words with my Mam next time I see her.
  25. angusmcoatup

    restaurants where you can bird and eat at the same time

    There was an older thread on this that’s petered out. My contribution is Davut on the promenade of Lake Köyceğiz in Turkey. I usually stop there for a Kokoreç and drink after a mornings birding. My memories not too clear on everything I’ve seen whilst eating there but Pygmy Cormorant is easy...
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