Raptor Migration in Turkey


Reported by Edwin Vaassen
Raptor Research & Rehabilitation Center Turkey

Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Date: 12.08.2001  

Observation site: Saros Körfezi - Gelibolu

Observers: Ali Atahan
Species / Number of migration

Ciconia nigra              1

Ciconia ciconia             12

Circaetus gallicus          3

Buteo buteo                  9

Accipiter brevipes    1

Falco tinnunculus          1


15.08.2001

Susurluk

Barbaros Demirci

Hieraeetus pennatus      2 (resident ?)


15-16.08.2001

Kocaçay Delta

NAJU/DHKD

Aquila clanga               1 juv


22.08.2001

Burdur Lake

NAJU/DHKD

Circaetus gallicus        1


26.08.2001

Ödemis Bozdag

Raika Durusoy, Ortaç Onmus

Buteo buteo         1


26.08.2001

Çamlıca – Istanbul

NAJU / DHKD

Pernis apivorus             550+

Falco subbuteo         1


29.08.2001

Kulu

Ian Richardson

Circus aeruginosus      1 (res)

Circus pygargus          1 imm

Buteo buteo                 1

Buteo rufinus              1 (res)

Aquila clanga              1

Falco naumanni          10 (res)

Falco tinnunculus        2 (res)

Falco subbuteo            2


30.08.2001

ODTU Yalincak

Tuba Kilic, Burcu Toraganli, Barbaros Demirci

Pernis apivorus            2

Accipiter nisus             1

Buteo rufinus               2 (res)

Falco tinnunculus        1 (res)

Falco peregrinus          1 (res)


30.08.2001

Sivas- Ercincan

ErKus

Circus pygargus            1

Buteo rufinus                 1 (res)

Falco tinnunclus           3 (res)


30.08.2001

Ani

ErKus

Gyps fulvus                   1 (res)

Circus pygargus            1

Falco tinnunclus            2 (res)


31.08.2001

Akçakale, Çildir

ErKus

Circus pygargus            2

Buteo rufinus                 3 (res)

Falco tinnunclus            6 (res)


31.08.2001

Kizilcahamam

Tuba Kilic, Burcu Toraganli, Barbaros Demirci

Aegypius monachus            1 (res)

Buteo rufinus                       1 (res)

Falco subbuteo                     1


01.09.2001

Kulu

Ian Richardson

Circus aeruginosus      1 (res)

Circus pygargus          1 imm

Falco naumanni          5-6 (res)

Falco tinnunculus        2-3 (res)


02.09.2001

Kizilcahamam

Barbaros Demirci et al.

Aegypius monachus            7 (res)

Neophron percnopterus       3

Buteo rufinus                       1 (res)

Aquila heliaca                      1 juv


06.09.2001

Faculty of Forestry, Arbetorium, IST

Zeynel Arslangündogdu

Buteo b. vulpinus                7

Aquila pomerina                 6


07.09.2001

Belgrad Ormani, IST

Zeynel Arslangündogdu

Buteo b. vulpinus                    7

Buteo rufinus                          4


08.09.2001

Kulu

Ian Richardson

Circus aeruginosus             2 (res)

Circus pygargus                 1

Buteo rufinus                     1 (res)


09.09.2001

Kizilcahamam

Tuba Kilic, Barbaros Demirci, Burcu Toraganli

Pandion haliaetus             1

Circaetus gallicus             1

Circus aeruginosus           3 m

Buteo rufinus                   2 (res)

Aquila heliaca                  1 ad

Falco tinnunculus             1 (res)


14.09.2001

Saklikent

Soner Bekir, Sevgi Mutlu, Raika Durusoy, Berrin Akyildirim

Milvus migrans                 1

Circus pygargus                3 (1 f, 2 juvs)

Buteo rufinus                    1 (res)

Falco peregrinus               1 (res)


15.09.2001

Kulu

Ian Richardson

Circus aeruginosus             1 (res)

Circus macrourus               1 m

Buteo rufinus                     2 (res)


15.09.2001

Güllük Delta

Gök-Kus-Agi,  brian stoneman, yavuz hamzaoglu, thomas schmitz, heike thol schmitz, sidika orhon


Circaetus gallicus                1

Circus aeruginosus              1

Falco eleonorae                   1


16.09.2001

Gala Lake- Enez

IKGT, Aysegül Sanli,Hülya Tokmak,Cemil Geyik ve Ali Atahan

Haliaeetus albicilla              2 ad (res)

Circaetus gallicus                1

Circus aeruginosus              6+ (res)


19.09.2001

Birecik

Nurettin Özbagdatli

Pandion haliaetus                 1


23.09.2001

Euphrates-Birecik

30 observers

Pandion haliaetus                 1


24.09.2001

Belgrad Ormani, IST

Zeynel Arslangündogdu


Pernis apivorus                       10

Circaetus gallicus                    37

Accipiter nisus                        2

Accipiter brevipes                   3

Buteo b. vulpinus                    24

Aquila pomerina                      352

Hieraaetus pennatus                9


25.09.2001

Belgrad Ormani, IST

Zeynel Arslangündogdu


Pernis apivorus                        2

Circaetus gallicus                    20

Accipiter nisus                        1

Accipiter brevipes                   1

Buteo b. vulpinus                    10

Aquila pomerina                      150

Hieraaetus pennatus                5

Falco subbuteo                        1


28.09.2001

Belen (Bottleneck)

Soner Bekir, Fikret Illica

Pernis apivorus                     5

Aquila pomerina                  3424

Circaetus gallicus                 34

Buteo b. vulpinus                 2

Accipiter brevipes                68

Hieraaetus pennatus             3

Falco peregrinus                  3 (res)

Ciconia nigra                        353

Ciconia ciconia                     198

Pelecanus onocrotalus          900


29.09.2001

Gölbasi

Barbaros Demirci, Tuba Kilic

Circus aeruginosus               5

Buteo buteo                          1

Pandion haliaetus                 1

Falco peregrinus                   1


30.09.2001

Kulu

Ian Richardson

Circus macrourus               1 m


30.09.2001

Güllük Delta

Gök-Kus-Agi

Circus aeruginosus             2

Circus pygargus                 1

Buteo rufinus                     3


30.09.2001

Egridir

Soner Bekir

Falco vespertinus              40+


03.10.2001

Hazar Dagi, Elazig

Cafer Orhan


Circaetus gallicus               4

Accipiter nisus                   9

Buteo b. vulpinus               84

Aquila pomerina                16

Falco spp.                           6


03.10.2001

Belgrad Ormani, IST

Zeynel Arslangündogdu

Circaetus gallicus                    39

Accipiter nisus                        2

Buteo b. vulpinus                    6

Aquila pomerina                      27

Hieraaetus pennatus                2

Falco subbuteo                        1

Falco peregrinus                      3


04.10.2001

Belgrad Ormani, IST

Zeynel Arslangündogdu


Circaetus gallicus                    5

Buteo b. vulpinus                    4

Aquila pomerina                     5

Falco subbuteo                        3


08.10.2001

Eminönü- IST

Bahtiyar Kurt

Circaetus gallicus             2

Accipiter nisus                 1

Buteo b. vulpinus             640

Aquila pomerina              130


09.10.2001

Eminönü-IST

Bahtiyar Kurt

Buteo b. vulpinus             140

Aquila pomerina              40


10.10.2001

Cerrahipasa-IST

Ali Atahan


Circaetus gallicus           4

Accipiter nisus               11

Accipiter gentilis           1

Buteo b. vulpinus           421

Aquila pomerina            2