Gobustan and the coast

South again and a couple of Azerbaijan ticks. First was red-crested pochard, around 200 were in a couple of large rafts of ducks off shore at Sangachal, on the coast just before Gobustan:

18 Whooper swan
20 Mallard
1 Shoveler
200 Red-crested pochard
3,000 Common pochard
500 Tufted duck
150 Greater scaup
2 Goldeneye
2 Red-breasted merganser
1 Great-crested grebe
200 Coot

Second tick of the day for Azerbaijan was chukar at Gobustan. Highlights as follows:

8 Chukar
1 Marsh harrier
2 Hen harrier
7 Rock nuthatch
2 Finsch's wheatear

And at Red Lake on the way home I had a high count of 31 dalmatian pelican.