The idea was to get some flight shots of mediterranean gull that were hovering and posing last time I went but the wind had shifted although they were still present and happy enough to pose on the rocky shore (by which I mean concrete demolition fly tipping!).
Dalmatian pelican numbers had increased to seven and there were still plenty of pygmy cormorant and great cormorant and with the little gulls were a few black-headed gull and caspian gull.
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| Mediterranean gull |
Then I drove further south to the petroglyph site at Qorbustan, not for ancient cave paintings but to bag a few year ticks such as western rock nuthatch. Unexpectedly I got two lifers, a small flock of twite (these are the isolated caucasian sub species brevirostris which are quite likely to be split from the nominate species at some time) and with them a single european serin.
Eurasian sparrowhawk, meadow pipit, robin and dunnock were also all additions to my fledgling Azerbaijan list.
Gobustan always suprises and as it's an isolated mountain it should be good in spring.
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| Western rock nuthatch |
I've just discovered these two lakes are the remnants of what was previously known as Red Lake before it was partly reclaimed for redevelopment. The lake previously held up to 800 white-headed duck and more information can be found here http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=3617
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