Southern Turkey June 2010 
- In the Tea Gardens in Biricek, after a lot of scouring, we found a family group of roosting Palid Scop’s Owls – predicted, but nevertheless a memorable sight....John Clark reports.
South East Turkey 18th-25th May 2010
- The first bird we saw was an Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler, which was a good start. The surrounding area of the plantation consists of rough grazing interspersed with rocks, bushes and trees. In the next couple of hours some impressive birds were seen including Ruppell’s, Olive Tree, Eastern Orphean and Eastern Olivaceous Warblers...Ray Thorneycroft reports.
Southern Turkey 9-23rd May 2009. Report in .pdf format (133kB) by John Gallagher
South
Central Turkey April 18th-24th
2007
- After
breakfast I drove East out of town looking for sunshine and
clear skies. Leaving Birecik the fog began to clear and immediately
revealed about 10 Red-footed Falcons sitting on telegraph
wires...Hugh
Dorrington reports.
Southern Turkey September
11-22 2006
- The main general observation about the birding was that virtually
all of the species which are summer visitors to southern Turkey
seemed to have already departed. Maybe this was an unusual feature
as a result of the very hot weather, or maybe mid-September is
simply too late to expect to see them...Steve
Lister reports.
Birding
Tuzla Gulu, Demirkazik, Birecik and Işikli May 2005
- I flew to Adana for three days, hired a car and spent probably the best three days birding I can remember in the western Palaearctic...Michael Grunwell reports
A weekend birding around Adana
2nd – 3rd April 2005
- I flew to Adana for the weekend of 2/3 April
2005, I birded the coastal areas near Karatas and Tuzla and explored
the coast SW of Iskenderun plus looked for raptor passage across
Nur Dağlari....Michael Grunwell reports
Birecik and surrounds 11th-12th
December 2004
- I flew to Gaziantep for the weekend of 11/12
December 2004, I visited Birecik, Halfeti and followed the river
south to Gurcay. The key discoveries were wintering Radde's Accentor
at Halfeti, a large concentration of water birds south of Birecik
and a huge winter roost of black kite....Michael Grunwell
reports
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South central Turkey
23rd-29th June 2003
- Turkey has long been recognised as
an essential birding destination. A large country, spanning
both Europe and Asia, Turkey supports several species which
are either very difficult or impossible to find elsewhere
in the Western Palearctic.... Chris Batty reports.
(Big report - lots of photos)
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Southern Central Turkey
26th May - 8th June 2003
- The weather had cleared by now, sunny and
warm in Birecik, saw the N.Bald Ibis on the cliffs, Pygmy Cormorants
on the Euphrates, Menetries Warblers easy to see, Dead Sea Sparrows
nesting in the Ibis Centre, LE Owls, Bee-eaters. Yellow throated
Sparrows in the Pastachio Orchard....Simon Hartill reports.
Birding in Eastern Turkey 2nd – 15th of June 2003
- The trip with Hasan Safak into the Demirkazik mountains cost us 75 Euros. The reward: Several Caucasian Snowcocks, Radde’s Accentor, Red-fronted Serin, Wallcreeper, Alpine Chough, Chough, Rock Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush, Black Redstart, Snow Finch, Water Pipit, Golden Eagle.....Lars and Joachim Enger report.
South Turkey near Side April 2003
- Side itself proved to be something of a treasure trove as a migrant stopover and on at least 2 days I enjoyed a tremendous fall of migrants with birds turning up so fast that I frequently found myself not knowing quite which way to turn...Neil Fox reports.
Turkey, birding trip report
2-22.09.2001
- It is spectacular and quite impossible to
miss Demirkazik Gorge which opens at the roadside, ca. 1-2 km
from Demirkazik village. The gorge was steep, but the footpath
was rather easy. I followed the right turn in the fork inside
the gorge. The gorge had very many passerines, including Radde's
Accentor and Wallcreeper....Jerzy Dyczkowski reports.
Turkey May
13th - May 20th 2001
- We flew to Antalya and worked the known sites
east to Birecik.......Shortly after entering the forest, at the
second left-hand bend beside a hollow on the right, we heard the
distinctive "thick" sounding "tchuck" call, and saw a male White-backed
woodpecker as it flew up from a dead stump in the base of the
hollow. Careful stalking resulted in crippling but brief views
of the bird on a low tree branch and further flight views, before
we realised that the bird's calls were being answered by a female
nearby....Dominic Le Croissette and Tim Harrop report.
Birding in Central Southern Turkey
May 21st - 29th 1996
- The cheapest option for this trip was to
book a one week package tour to the coastal resort of Side and
then fail to use the offered accommodation except for the final
night and for the remainder of the time, travel around the country
arranging accommodation as and where appropriate. This option
was cheaper than a flight only option (believe it or not). In
the one week, we were able to visit the main birding sites in
central-southern Turkey, from Akseki in the west to Birecik in
the east...Stephen Mawby reports
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