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  1. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    And two more. Dalyan. One of the streets in the centre, leading down to the row-boat ferry to Kaunos. Some of the rock tombs carved into the cliffs on the other side of the river can be seen in the background. Kaunos. The amphitheatre with rain advancing from the west. An excellent spot for...
  2. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    As a late addition I thought I'd add a few scene-setting shots to give the locations for some of the places I mentioned a bit more meaning for those who haven't been. Before I saw the area for the first time last year it's fair to say I had absolutely no idea as to what it would look like and...
  3. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Final Batch 29 Isabelline Wheatear. In contrast with the single bird of last year's trip, this year produced dozens of Isabelline wheatears. Shortly after I took this photo west of Seki, I drove up to Kinik for a quick look before going back to Dalyan and there was yet another one on roadside...
  4. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    25 Steppe Buzzard. On the way back from the falcons this buzzard flew across the track in front of us, carrying what looks like a Balkan green lizard. One major difference between this year's trip and last was that last year long-legged buzzard was seen in numerous places with only a couple of...
  5. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    19 Chukar. We followed a track up Eren Dag to an apparently abandoned (but only recently opened!) ski centre, starting off in sunshine, but climbing into increasing cloud. Walking uphill on a soggy track among patches of snow from the ski centre car park gave us three or four pairs of horned...
  6. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Part 4 15 Cretschmar's Bunting. The 7th of May dawned bright and clear, so it was off to the hills above Beyobasi as far as Covenli Yaylasi. This bunting was singing next to the road at Alan. 16 Sombre Tit. A trip around the perimeter of Alan gave us this sombre tit and a Syrian woodpecker...
  7. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Good luck, Rob. More photos from the same day as the last lot - 6th May. 11. Ortolan. The only one of the trip, this bird perched briefly near the road on the outskirts of Seki just long enough for a couple of shots, then it was off, over the car and up the hill out of sight. 12. Black-headed...
  8. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    2nd Batch 6 Spur-winged Plover. On our first visit to the river mouth at Koycegiz this friendly bird was on a shingle bank before it relocated to the edge of the rubbish dump nearby. It was very accommodating and walked all around the car feeding. It's a pity the same can't be said of the white...
  9. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Dalyan 2nd - 16th May 2014 The trip report I did last year (see Dalyanbirding website) covered most of the ground that I visited this year and a bit more, so I'll just post photos with brief descriptions here. This year I didn't bother making the trek to Bafa Golu on the east coast and spent a...
  10. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    You can do that Rob, but the near bank is very overgrown with very little view of the river and there's not much to see. It's simpler to drive down the track and park at a clearing after about 1km. I've had the kingfishers there and on a bare tree a field away from the river at the other side of...
  11. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Two Smyrna kingfishers on the river at Hamitkoy today. One was calling from trees on the other side of the river when another, which had been calling distantly from downstream flew upstream past us. I relocated it just below the road bridge, calling from a tree overhanging the river about 50m...
  12. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    A visit to the Eskikoy outcrop this morning produced a surprise sighting. There were good numbers of rufous bushchats, olivaceous warblers and black-headed buntings. A female marsh harrier hunted over the reed beds on the lake. The surprise came as we were walking back to the car just before...
  13. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Update on the lesser kestrels. I went back in the sunshine this morning and there is a hill and a forest of power poles and various overhead lines next to the track right at the start, where I left the main road. The kestrels and the other stuff were a couple of kilometres along the track...
  14. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Couldn't even see the airport from where we were, but we could see the air traffic coming in and out some distance away. It was pretty rural and I don't foresee a problem.
  15. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    I don't recall anything like that. They were hunting over a field sandwiched between a track and some marshland adjacent to the dalaman river. There were some blokes heading off towards the marsh with a fishing rod, so it must be extensive as a water body. The track ran towards dalaman along...
  16. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    It sounds like the same area Ray. We went out via Ortaca and turned south just after joining the D400. That's where I spotted the red-footed falcons. The whole area had a birdy feel to it. I just went out for a bit of a recce and I never dreamt it would turn out the way it did. We got back to...
  17. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Well, that was better!B (: The day didn't look much cop at first, with a solid overcast and steady rain, but by 09.50 the rain was easing and the overcast was breaking, so we hit the road. I was looking at a map on the wall of our digs last night and noticed a few small villages on quiet roads...
  18. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    A dark phase Eleonora's falcon gliding around the hill on the north side of Dalyan was the sole highlight of an otherwise drab and damp day today.
  19. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    The weather was just as dull yesterday, but without the rain. Saturday was cracking. I had planned on heading for the hills yesterday, but I changed my plans because of the cloud. The weather looks better tomorrow, so I'm planning to go then. Yesterday managed to pull some stars out of the...
  20. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    When the rain eventually stopped today we popped out for a quick look around the locality. There wasn't much to be seen until I pulled up at the Eskikoy outcrop. As I was parking the car I got my eye on a group of sparrows that were making a fuss on the other side of the stream. Then I saw what...
  21. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    I'm arriving back in Dalyan tomorrow night for a return trip. Looking forward to it immensely
  22. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Pleased you like the report Alf. I've made arrangements to be back there again in May, this time a little earlier than last year, maybe to pick up a few migrants. Looking forward to it, especially the trips into the hills. Alan
  23. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Thanks Brendan. I'm hoping to be back late spring to learn a bit more about the area. Alan
  24. Barred Wobbler

    Bird watching dalyan Turkey

    Good to hear about Çovenli Yaylasi in particular Brendan. A hidden gem. I thought I'd discovered heaven when I came across it in May. Three species of shrike, four species of bunting, wheatears, Bonelli's warbler, sombre tit, Syrian woodpecker, redstart, serin, etc, etc, etc. Picture below.
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