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During
the last week of September 2001 we spend seven days at the holiday resort of
Dalyan located in south-western Turkey. Our very nice hotel Calypso was located
right along the Dalyan river which was about a ten minutes walk from the
village. From the village boats could be rented for trips into the delta and to
Istuzu beach. The aim of our holiday was focussed on having a relaxed week and
enjoy the nice weather and excellent Turkish food. Birding was restricted to
some strolls around the hotel and during standard tourist trips. The area looked
very promising in birding point of view with a rather wide variety of habitats
consisting of a river, a reed fringed lake and delta, cultivated fields, coastal
scrubs, rocky outcrops and
mountains covered with pine forests further inland. Despite that the birding was
very poor producing only 51 species. Apparantly the end of September is the
worst month of the year in birding point of view. Most summer visitors had
already left and the migration season still had to begin. That is why I
restricted this “report” to a list of birds observed with some short comments on
every species. Nevertheless we enjoyed our week’s stay which was really
relaxing. Maybe it is a good idea to go back again some time during early
spring….
NR. |
ENGLISH
NAME |
NUMBERS |
COMMENTS |
1 |
Little
Grebe |
10 |
dalyan river and
delta |
2 |
Horned
Grebe |
1 |
dalyan
river |
3 |
Great
Cormorant |
1 |
lake koycegiz
|
4 |
Mallard |
4 |
lake koycegiz
|
5 |
Greater
Flamingo |
1 |
lagoon at istuzu
beach |
6 |
Little
Egret |
8 |
dalyan river and
delta |
7 |
Gray
Heron |
1 |
dalyan
delta |
8 |
Purple
Heron |
1 |
dalyan
delta |
9 |
Great
Egret |
1 |
dalyan
river |
10 |
Eurasian
Spoonbill |
1 |
lagoon near istuzu
beach |
11 |
Western
Marsh-Harrier |
1 |
cotton fields near
hotel |
12 |
Greater Spotted
Eagle |
2 |
cotton fields near
hotel |
13 |
Lesser
Kestrel |
1 |
cotton fields near
hotel |
14 |
Eurasian
Kestrel |
1 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
15 |
Audouin's
Gull |
4 |
dalyan
river |
16 |
Mediterranean
Gull |
2 |
dalyan
river |
17 |
Little
Tern |
4 |
dalyan
river |
18 |
Eurasian
Collared-Dove |
25 |
common |
19 |
Common
Kingfisher |
50 |
common |
20 |
Great Spotted
Woodpecker |
1 |
along dalyan
river |
21 |
Eurasian
Jay |
20 |
common |
22 |
Black-billed
Magpie |
3 |
along road to
efese |
23 |
Carrion
Crow |
5 |
dalyan
delta |
24 |
Common
Raven |
2 |
dalyan
river |
25 |
Eurasian
Golden-Oriole |
2 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
26 |
Red-backed
Shrike |
30 |
common |
27 |
Isabelline
Shrike |
5 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
28 |
Northern
Shrike |
1 |
Kaunos
ruins |
29 |
White-throated
Dipper |
1 |
along stream
inland |
30 |
Eurasian
Blackbird |
6 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
31 |
Spotted
Flycatcher |
50 |
common |
32 |
Rufous-tailed
Scrub-Robin |
1 |
cotton fields near
hotel |
33 |
Whinchat |
4 |
cotton fields near
hotel |
34 |
Rock
Nuthatch |
10 |
Kaunos
ruins |
35 |
Barn
Swallow |
5 |
cotton fields near
hotel |
36 |
Common
House-Martin |
2 |
cotton fields near
hotel |
37 |
Cetti's
Warbler |
2 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
38 |
Sedge
Warbler |
2 |
dalyan
delta |
39 |
Eastern Bonelli's
Warbler |
6 |
mountains
inland |
40 |
Blackcap |
1 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
41 |
Greater
Whitethroat |
4 |
cotton fields near
hotel |
42 |
Lesser
Whitethroat |
4 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
43 |
Great
Tit |
8 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
44 |
Blue
Tit |
1 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
45 |
Crested
Lark |
4 |
cotton fields near
hotel |
46 |
Rock
Petronia |
3 |
Kaunos
ruins |
47 |
White
Wagtail |
10 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
48 |
Yellow
Wagtail |
5 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
49 |
Gray
Wagtail |
6 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
50 |
European
Goldfinch |
25 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
51 |
Corn
Bunting |
25 |
fields surrounding
hotel |
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