Despite the Covid 19 pandemic, around ๐ฎ๐ฐ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ showed up for the events hosted by #BirdLife International partners over the weekend of ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ-๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ #๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฌ.
In total, about ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ were observed; rushing towards the southern regions to arrive on time in their wintering grounds.
In Albania, this activity was organized and coordinated by #๐๐ข๐ฆ, as in the last ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฑ-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ.
On a national level:
- Seven special events were organized including migratory bird counting, environmental education, wildlife photography, etc.
- Seven different areas were visited, including the Drino Valley (Gjirokastra-Dropull), Lake Skadar, Divjaka-Karavasta National
- Park, Vjosa-Narta Protected Landscape, Orikum Lagoon, Thana Lake (Lushnje-Berat) etc.
- It was represented by about 55 people who actively participated in the event.
- It was supported by AOS, Gjirokastra Youth Conservation Club, Junior Rangers in Divjaka, Eco Friend Gjirokastra, Naturalists in Shkodra, wildlife photographers, and Regional Agencies for Protected Areas of Vlora, Fier, and Gjirokastra.
- About 70 bird species and circa 7,100 birds were observed over the weekend.
The three most prevalent species were:
- ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ผ (๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด) ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐,
- ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐น๐น (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด) ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
- ๐๐๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป (๐๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข) ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐.
In addition to the large numbers of birds, the observers enjoyed the presence of flocks of the ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ-๐๐๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ (๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด) ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐, reconfirming the extraordinary importance of this corridor for migratory birds.
Lastly, we all enjoyed a not-so-typical weekend in some gorgeous landscapes, with passionate people and numerous bird species.
Our thanks go to all the participants and especially to our network of volunteers, to the talented photographers from Prizren and Shkodra as well as to the staff of the Regional Agencies for Protected Areas of Vlora, Fier, and Gjirokastra.
