Gone Pishing: Azerbaijan birds

Annotated list of my Azerbaijan bird sightings.
*Lifers

Greater white-fronted goose

First seen (15), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Greylag goose

First seen (1,000), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Mute swan

First seen (12), Sangachal, 05.01.14.
12 at Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Whooper swan

First seen (28), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
Highest count (113), Pirallahi, 15.02.14.

Common shelduck

First seen (7), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Highest count (8), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Gadwall

First seen (80), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Eurasian wigeon

First seen (60), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Mallard

First seen (6), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Highest count (30), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Northern shoveler

First seen (4), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
Highest count (300), Red Lake, 11.01.14.

Northern pintail

First seen (2), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Green-winged teal

First seen (2), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Common pochard

First seen (5), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
Highest count (60), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Tufted duck

First seen (20), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
Highest count (800), Absheron peninsula, 08.02.14.

Smew

First seen (7), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Highest count (10), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Red-breasted merganser

First seen (2), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
2 at Pirallhia, 15.02.14.

Black francolin

First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Little grebe

First seen (4), Red Lake, 08.09.13.

Great crested grebe

First seen (6), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Highest count (30), Red Lake, 05.01.14.

Black-necked grebe

First seen (1), Red Lake, 11.01.14.
Highest count (5), Absheron, 09.02.14.

Greater flamingo

First seen (30), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Great cormorant

First seen (25), Seaside Boulevard, Baku, 04.08.13.
Highest count (350), Seaside Boulevard, Baku, 08.09.13.

Pygmy cormorant

First seen (100), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
Highest count (300), Red Lake, 12.01.14.

Dalmatian pelican*

First seen (4), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
Highest count (25), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Great bittern

First seen (2), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
Highest count (4), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Little bittern

First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Single bird, Qanli Goli, Baku, 09.08.13.

Grey heron

First seen (1), Red Lake, 08.09.13.
Highest count (5), Red Lake, 08.02.14.

Purple heron

First seen (4), Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.

Cattle egret

First seen (1), Red Lake, 22.12.13.

Squacco heron

First seen (1), Red Lake, 08.09.13.

Lammergeier*

First seen (1), Jek, 18.01.14.

Egyptian vulture

First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Eurasian marsh harrier

First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Highest count (35), Red Lake, 11.01.14.

Northern harrier

First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Highest count (2), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Eurasian sparrowhawk

First seen (1), Gobustan, 05.01.14.

Rough-legged buzzard

First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Common buzzard

First seen (2), Qechresh, 19.01.14.

Long-legged buzzard

First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Little bustard

First seen (1,000), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Water rail

First seen (3), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Common moorhen

First seen (4), Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.

Eurasian coot

First seen (10), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Highest count (250), Red Lake, 11.01.14.

Pied avocet

First seen (2), Red Lake, 11.01.14.

Common ringed plover

First seen (2), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

Little ringed plover

First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

Common sandpiper

First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

Green sandpiper

First seen (10), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

Common redshank

First seen (3), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

Dunlin

First seen (3), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
Highest count (20), Red Lake, 11.01.14.

Little stint

First seen (1), Red lake, 11.01.14.

Mediterranean gull

First seen (8), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
Highest count (25), Red Lake, 11.01.14.

Pallas's gull

First seen (1), Seaside boulevard, Baku, 04.08.13.
Highest count (4), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Caspian gull

First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Highest count (12), Red Lake, 12.01.14.

Black tern

First seen (12), Seaside boulevard, Baku, 04.08.13.

Common tern

First seen (1), Seaside boulevard, Baku, 04.08.13.

Eurasian collared dove

First seen (6), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.

Laughing dove

First seen (4), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
Common urban bird

Common cuckoo

First seen (3), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 09.08.13.

European bee-eater

First seen (15), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

Eurasian hoopoe

First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

Great spotted woodpecker

First seen (1), Qechresh, 19.01.14.

Lesser kestrel

First seen (4), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Common kestrel

First seen (2), Haydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku, 27.07.13.
Highest count (6), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Merlin

First seen (1), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
Highest count (2), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Peregrine falcon

First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Single bird, Red Lake, 08.02.14.

Ring-necked parakeet

First seen (1), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.

Red-backed shrike

First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Single bird at Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.

Lesser grey shrike

First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Southern grey shrike

First seen (4), Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.
Six, Gobustan, 10.08.13 inc. two steppe grey shrike (L. m. pallidirostris).

Woodchat shrike

First seen (4), Gobustan, 10.08.13 inc. adult feeding young.

Eurasian golden oriole

First seen (2), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.

Eurasian jay

First seen (4), Qechresh, 19.01.14.

Common magpie

First seen (15), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Hooded crow

First seen (2), Haydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku, 27.07.13.
Common in and around Baku.

Common raven

First seen (1), Qechresh, 18.01.14.
Highest count (2), Xinaliq, 19.01.14.

Greater short-toed lark

First seen (40), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Lesser short-toed lark

First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Crested lark

First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Highest count (3), Sangachal, 22.12.13.

Skylark

First seen (30), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Barn swallow

First seen (250), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

Common house-martin

First seen (4), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Coal tit

First seen (40), Qechresh, 18.01.14.

Great tit

First seen (5), Qechresh, 18.01.14.

Blue tit

First seen (2), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
Three at Botanical Gardens, Baku, 09.08.13.

Eurasian nuthatch

First seen (1), Qechresh, 18.01.14.

Western rock nuthatch*

First seen (25), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Eurasian wren

First seen (2), Gobustan, 05.01.14.

Eastern olivaceous warbler

First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Eurasian reed warbler

First seen (1), carrying food Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.

Common whitethroat

First seen (15), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Spotted flycatcher

First seen (3), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 09.08.13.

Rufous-tailed scrub robin

First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Robin

First seen (2), Gobustan, 05.01.14.

Black redstart

First seen (3), Gobustan, 05.01.14.

Pied wheatear

First seen (5), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Black-eared wheatear

First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Isabelline wheatear

First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

Eurasian blackbird

First seen (60), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.

Song thrush

First seen (1 juv.), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 09.08.13.

European starling

First seen (3), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Highest count (70), Anti Agach NP, 18.01.14.

Dunnock

First seen (2), Gobustan, 05.01.14.

Yellow wagtail

First seen (4), Red Lake, 08.09.13.

Pied wagtail

First seen (25), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

Meadow pipit

First seen (9), Gobustan, 05.01.14.

Reed bunting

First seen (1), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.

Corn bunting

First seen (20), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.

Common chaffinch

First seen (6), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
Highest count (30), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

Common rosefinch

First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.

European greenfinch

First seen (60), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.

European goldfinch

First seen (3 juv.), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
Highest count (80), Anti Agach NP, 19.01.14.

Twite*

First seen (5), Gobustan, 05.01.14.

Linnet

First seen (25), Xinaliq, 18.01.14.

Serin*

First seen (1), Gobustan, 05.01.14.

House sparrow

First seen (250), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Common in and around Baku.

Spanish sparrow

First seen (5), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
Highest count (20), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

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