Kuzey Cem's 2023 Turkish List (1 Viewer)

[kuzeycem]

22 April - Asartepe Dam, Ankara
223) Woodlark
224) Golden Eagle
225) Ortolan Bunting
226) Hawfinch
227) Common Wood Pigeon
228) European Bee-eater
229) White-throated Robin
230) Bearded Vulture
231) Eastern Orphean Warbler

 

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26 April - Atakent Sitesi, Ankara
232) Spotted Flycatcher

 

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30 April - Akkaya, Ankara
233) Booted Eagle

30 April - Beypazarı, Ankara
234) Egyptian Vulture
235) European Roller

30 April - Geyikpınarı, Ankara
236) Griffon Vulture

 

[kuzeycem]

1 May - Asartepe Dam, Ankara
237) Masked Shrike
238) Blue Rock Thrush

 

[kuzeycem]

7 May - Kızılcaşar, Ankara
239) European Honey Buzzard

7 May - Mogan Lake, Ankara
240) Garden Warbler
241) European Turtle Dove
242) Rosy Starling
243) Black-headed Bunting
244) Common Ringed Plover
245) Curlew Sandpiper

7 May - Atakent Sitesi, Ankara
246) Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

 

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13 May - Atakent Sitesi, Ankara
247) Barred Warbler

 

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15 May - Atakent Sitesi, Ankara
248) Marsh Warbler

16 May - Mogan Lake, Ankara
249) Pied Kingfisher
250) Black Tern

 

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19 May - Sarıbeyler, Ankara
251) Eurasian Golden Oriole
252) Lesser Grey Shrike

 

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27 May - Mogan Lake, Ankara
253) Little Tern
254) Common Quail

 

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30 June - Göreme, Nevşehir
255) Lanner Falcon

 

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8 July - Çelebibağ Marshes, Van
256) Paddyfield Warbler
257) Caspian Tern

8 July - Tutak, Erzurum
258) Eurasian Nightjar

9 July - Sivrikaya, Rize*
259) Common Rosefinch
260) Twite
261) Water Pipit
262) Mountain Chiffchaff
263) Eurasian Bullfinch
264) Common Rock Thrush
265) Radde's Accentor
266) Asian Crimson-winged Finch
267) Horned Lark
268) Green Warbler

*also a Common Grasshopper Warbler on this and the following date. We heard it many times but the only views were inconclusive; so although I count heard-onlies on my year list I decided not to count this one as I haven't added it as a lifer

 

[kuzeycem]

10 July - Sivrikaya, Rize
269) Great Spotted Woodpecker

10 July - Yedigöller, Erzurum
270) White-winged Snowfinch
271) Alpine Chough

10 July - Gölyurt, Erzurum
272) Lesser Spotted Eagle

10 July - Gelinkaya, Erzurum
273) Semicollared Flycatcher
274) White-throated Dipper

 

[kuzeycem]

11 July - Köseler, Kars
275) Bimaculated Lark

11 July - Lower Çıyrıklı, Iğdır
276) Levant Sparrowhawk

11 July - İshak Paşa Palace, Ağrı
277) Grey-necked Bunting
278) Red-fronted Serin
279) Mongolian Finch

12 July - Turna Lake, Van
280) Red-necked Grebe

 

[Owene]

So many birds I’d love to see in those

 

[kuzeycem]

16 July - Kabakköy, Ankara
281) Montagu's Harrier

 

[kuzeycem]

So many birds I’d love to see in those

Thanks, might be tempted to write a trip report sometime

 

[jogresh]

11 July - Köseler, Kars
275) Bimaculated Lark

11 July - Lower Çıyrıklı, Iğdır
276) Levant Sparrowhawk

11 July - İshak Paşa Palace, Ağrı
277) Grey-necked Bunting
278) Red-fronted Serin
279) Mongolian Finch

12 July - Turna Lake, Van
280) Red-necked Grebe

Would Mongolian Finch be gettable in November or January? Or is it far too cold and icy to think about visiting the area then?.. 🤔
Thanks in advance. 🙂👍🐦

 

[kuzeycem]

Would Mongolian Finch be gettable in November or January? Or is it far too cold and icy to think about visiting the area then?.. 🤔
Thanks in advance. 🙂👍🐦

Yes it would definitely be a form of extreme birding in winter. In fact, even though Mongolian is almost certainly a resident there are virtually no winter records

 

[jogresh]

Thanks for the reply.
Hmm mid April I think. Would like to see Kurdish Wheatear too (further west).

 

[kuzeycem]

Thanks for the reply.
Hmm mid April I think. Would like to see Kurdish Wheatear too (further west).

Around mid-May would probably be better as some species arrive quite late.