2009 September 1st, Turunç

A Great Tit and a Jay seen in the garden on the north, a Red-backed Shrike seen on the wire where there is a water house on the west.

2009 August 30th, Turunç

Two Blackbirds by the road in the west forest. A Raven appeared suddenly by jarring over the red pine trees and rocky hills where there is a waste water treatment system by the sea. And then disappeared beyond the trees far away. Two Yellow-legged Gulls, one was flying towards the north rocky hills, the other was resting on a rocky island near the shore and the ruins of the antique city, Amos. The Raven appeared again and it accompanied the Yellow-legged Gull. A Long-legged Buzzard seen while it was gliding over the place where I saw the Raven first. And it kept flying over the sea, and then I lost it in the background. And also a Common Buzzard seen over the village by the west forest, it was flying very close to the houses and gardens. Two Blackbirds, a Jay, a Coal Tit, a Great Tit by the roadside in the south forest; four Blackbirds in trees and bushes, a Jay in an olive tree on a slope in the west forest, Collared Doves and House Sparrows seen. The Raven I saw first appeared again over the north rocky hills.

2009 August 20th, Turunç

A Wheatear by the roadside before the village Dereözü and also a Blackbird, two Jays by the roadside after that village on the way back to Turunç. A Red-rumped Swallow and two Great Tits in Turunç.

2009 May 1st, Turunç

Thirteen Bee-eaters flew off from northwest to the north and at the same time a Raven jarred over the north rocky hills at around 14:00. I heard the call of a Scops Owl near the hotel at 20.00. Other birds seen in Turunç today: a Blackbird, a Great Tit, a Red-rumped Swallow, an Alpine Swift, Barn Swallows, House Martins, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 28th, Turunç

A Bee-eater seen at the same location as same as on 26th April, a Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallows and House Martins (one alighted on the top chimney of the hotel, looked around for a while and then flew off) , House Sparrows and Collared Doves, a Great Tit and a Blackbird seen today, and a Scops Owl heard on the west forest in the evening.

2008 October 11th, Dalyan

LOCATION: Rock-cut Tombs

Daha Büyük Haritayı Görüntüle

• Little Egret, one in flight

LOCATION: Dalyan Mud Bath

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• Little Grebe, six on canal
• Cormorant, ten in flight
• Cormorant, five perching in pine tree
• Night Heron, one juvenile in flight
• Moorhen, one on canal
• Kingfisher, two perched on two adjacent boats
• Kingfisher, one seen while it caught a fish
• Kingfisher, two in flight
• White Wagtail, one in flight
• Grey Wagtail, one by riverbank
• Spotted Flycatcher, two in tree
• Blackcap, two in tree
• Great Tit, one in tree
• Rock Nuthatch, two heard on rocky slopes
• Jay, three fought loudly each other in pine wood
• Chaffinch, one in tree
• Greenfinch, two on tree top

2008 October 11th, Dalyan

Heard the call of a Moorhen in the reeds, two Kingfishers flew from the reeds, two Sand Martins flew off, a Blue Rock Thrush on a rocky edge, heard the call of a Blackbird, a Lesser Whitethroat in a tree, heard the call of a Cetti's Warbler in the reeds, a Spotted Flycather on the top branch of a dead tree, heard the call of a Robin in the bushes, a Great Tit, heard the song of two Rock Nuthatches at the same moment from different directions, five House Sparrows and two Collared Doves seen at the location where the Nile Turtles seen in the Dalyan Canal.

2009 April 26th, Turunç

Six Alpine Swifts flew around a House Martin over the hotel this morning, heard the song of a Blackbird near the hotel afternoon, heard the song of a Scops Owl in the west forest afternoon, heard the call of a Bee-eater over the hotel and it flew alone, kept flying for a while and it flew off when an Alpine Swift got close it , I saw a Corncrake crouched down in the corner of the door of the boiler room at about 19:00, it looked very tired and was shy, it flew a few meters close to the ground, alighted again, hid itself under an idle refrigerator at a run and then it flew off after it stayed there for a while, and also a Great Tit, a Jay, Barn Swallows, House Martins, House Sparrows and Collared Doves seen today.

2009 April 21st, Turunç

A Raven jarred in flight from north to the west forest. Twelve Bee-eaters seen on the southwest and six more after them, they flew to the north at noon, nearly twenty minutes later about thirthy or fourty of them appeared in chorus over the west forest, they flew back and forth untill the sunset over Turunç. A Scops Owl's call heard at noon. A Blackbird, A Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallows and House Martins, a Great Tit, a White Wagtail, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 20th, Turunç

Nineteen Bee-eaters seen over the west forest and they flew to the north. A Blue Tit seen and heard its song. A Blue Rock Thrush seen in flight. A Red-rumped Swallow together with Barn Swallows and House Martins on the north. Heard the call of a Song Thrush near the hotel I work this morning and another one in the south forest after the sunset. A Blackbird on the north and another one in the south forest before the sunset. A Great Tit, a White Wagtail, House Sparrows and Collared Doves. Heard the call of a Scops Owl near the backyard of the hotel I work at 19:00 and heard another one in an old St. John's Bread Tree by the roadside on the south at 22:00.

2009 April 19th, Turunç

A Blue Rock Thrush perched on the top branch of a tree in the garden of a bar near the hotel I work and flew to the north after it sang there for a while. Two Jays (one of them mewed like a buzzard), two Great Tits in courtship, a Blackbird, Barn Swallows and House Martins, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 16th, Turunç

Alpine Swifts arrived Turunç. Five Alpine Swifts, a Swift and two Red-rumped Swallows seen together with Barn Swallows and House Martins on the north. A Cormorant and a Yellow-legged Gull standing on a rock together on the north rocks by the shore. Heard the call of a Scops Owl in the west forest at 20:00. A Great Tit, a Blackbird, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 15th, Turunç

Two Jays, two Red-rumped Swallows, a Great Tit, Barn Swallows and House Martins, House Sparrows and Collared Doves, and heard the call of a Scops Owl in the west forest at 19:00.

2009 April 14th, Turunç

Swifts arrived Turunç. Two Swifts seen on the north, they flew together with House Martins and Barn Swallows and then flew to the east. A Common Buzzard seen over the peaks on the northwest of Turunç where there is a hotel on the hillslopes, and it kept its site in flight like hovering for a couple of seconds, then flew to the west and disappeared behind the peaks. Bee-eaters arrived Turunç. I heard their calls but I could not spot them. Heard the calls of two Scops Owls from the forest on the west at 20:00. A Great Tit, a Blackcap, a Jay, Collared Doves and House Sparrows, too.

2008 October 20th, Dalyan

Five Spotted Flycatchers together on a wire, four Chiffchaffes, two Black Redstarts, two Great Tits, a Robin, two Goldfinches and two Cetti's Warblers around the farm by the Dalyan Canal.

2008 October 21st, Kayaköy

A Jay, two Robins, a Black Redstart, a Great Tit, a White Wagtail and a Willow Warbler seen around the church area at Kayaköy.

2008 October 21st, Sarıgerme

A Great Tit and a Coal Tit seen, and heard the song of a Rock Nuthatch near a hotel first turning on the left after the taxi stop.

2008 October 23rd, Dalyan

Two Robins, two Black Redstarts, a Stonechat, a Spotted Flycatcher, four Chiffchaffes, a Cetti's Warbler, an Olivaceous Warbler, two Great Tits, five Chaffinches, three Spanish Sparrows and House Sparrows around the farm by the Dalyan Canal.

2008 November 17th, Dalyan

A Common Buzzard, a White Wagtail, a Robin, five Black Redstarts, a Blackbird, a Great Tit, four Jays, a Chaffinch and a Sardinian Warbler seen around the excavation house .

2008 November 29th, Gökbel

A Blackbird, a Great Tit, a Jay and seven Chaffinches seen in the Gökbel village, a Black Redstart in Hayıtlıözü Str. near Gökbel, and eleven Crag Martins seen over the pine forest where the ruins of a cistern exists after the village.