Dalmation Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
4 Göksu Delta 14/03/00, 15, Manyas Lake, 22/4/2000, 8 adult Akkaja Baraje, Nigde on 2 May 2000.

Greater Flamingo
500+ on Lake Akgöl (freshwater) 12-18/03/00.

Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmaeus
10+ throughout Göksu Delta 12-18/03/00, 80+, Manyas Lake, 22/4/2000, 20+ Sultan Marshes 9/4/2000 and always present at Ulubat Lake 23/4/2000 to 7/5/2000.

Great White Egret Egretta alba
15+ Göksu Delta, 12-18/03/00.

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
27 following shepards at Göksu Delta, 12-18/03/00.

White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Pair on nest at Kurtulus, Göksu Delta, 16/03/00.
16 Içmeceler on 16/07/00

Black Stork
3 at breeding site, İnözü Vadisi on 16/07/00.

Little Bittern
30+, on Southern side of Ulubat Lake, 7/5/2000.

White Fronted Goose
15, Kulu Lake, 8/4/2000.

Ferruginous Duck
A few (5-6) always present at Kocacay Delta, 22/4/2000 to 6/5/2000.

Marbled Teal
At least 10 Göksu Delta on 30 April 2000.

White-headed Duck
1 male + 6 females Akkaja Baraje, Nigde on 2 May 2000.

Black Kite
2 Beypazari Garbage Dump on 16/07/00.
5 at breeding site, Nallihan on 16/07/00.

White-tailed Eagle
1 adult, Nallıhan on 16/07/00.

Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
5 (3ad, 2imm) Göksu Delta, 12/03/00.
6 (4ad, 2imm) Göksu Delta, 13/03/00.
4 (3ad, 2imm) Göksu Delta, 14/03/00.
6-7 (4-5ad, 2imm) Göksu Delta, 15/03/00.
6 (4ad, 2imm) Göksu Delta, 16/03/00.
5 (3ad, 2imm) Göksu Delta, 17/03/00.
5 (4ad, 1imm) Göksu Delta, 18/03/00.

Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
2 (1ad, 1imm) Göksu Delta, 13-16/03/00.

Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus
1 imm Göksu Delta, 15/03/00.

Long-legged Buzzard
10+ Ankara-Ayas on 16/07/00

Lesser Kestrel
2 Yeniköy on 16/07/00

Golden Eagle
1 N. Ayas on 16/07/00
2 adults and 1 immature at breeding site, Çayirhan on 16/07/00.

Long-legged Buzzard
4 Ayas-Çayirhan on 16/07/00

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
3 adults Mut, 19/03/00, Zekeriyakoy, 28/4/2000, 12+ Nallihan Rubbish Dump 20/5/2000.
6 at breeding site, İnözü Vadisi on 16/07/00
25+, all ages, Beypazari Garbage Dump (min. 3 pairs breeding) on 16/07/00.

Black Vulture
1, TEM motorway near Kizilcahenem, 9/4/2000, 2, North of Beypazar, 19/5/2000 2, Kavak Dag, 20/5/2000, 6, near Gudul, 20/5/2000.
1 20km E. Çayirhan (bridge) on 16/07/00.

Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
2 Alahan, 19/03/00, 1 near Gudul, 20/5/2000.

Lammergeier
1, TEM motorway near Kizilcahenem, 9/4/2000, 1 adult + 1 imm Demirkazik on 2 May 2000.

Pallid Harrier
3, 2 females and 1 male, Col Lake, 12/5/2000.

Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Feeding on 2 days old carrion (shot Black Stork Ciconia nigra) on 16/03/00.

Peregrine Falco peregrinus
2-3 Göksu Delta 12, 15 & 17/03/00.
3 at breeding site, Nallihan on 16/07/00.

Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
1 Göksu Delta 15-16/03/00.

Saker Falcon Falco cherrug
1 Göksu Delta 13/03/00 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
1 male Hurma village, Göksu Delta 13/03/00.
3 Içmeceler on 16/07/00

Merlin
1 heading north Akgöl, Göksu Delta on 30 April 2000.

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Hunting bats at 16:30-17:30 Lake Akgöl, 12-18/03/00.

Red Footed Falcon
20+, north of Ulubat, 22/4/2000, also similar sized flocks at Manyas and Kocacay Saker
1 adult Demirkazik on 2 May 2000.

Lanner Falcon
2 at breeding site, Inözü Vadisi on 16/07/00

Little Crake
Female at Kocacay, 22/4/2000.

Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio
100+ N. Lake Akgöl, 12-18/03/00.

See-See Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis
Two fighting males at the plateau at Birecik in late May 2000.
Crane Grus grus
100+ throughout Göksu Delta, 12-18/03/00, 26, Col Golu, 7/4/2000.

Demoiselle Crane
2, Kulu Golu, 8/4/2000 A very good/lucky observation. Both birds were present the next day.

Collard Pratincole
10+, in fields at Kocacay Delta, 5/5/2000, 40+ in fields to West of Manyas Lake, 6/5/2000.

White Tailed Plover
1, Col Golu, 12/5/2000 a very unexpected turn up so far North and West.

Greater Sand Plover
16, Sultan marches northern part, 22 May 2000.

Woodcock
1, Kocacay, 6/1/2000.

Audouins Gull
1, 2nd calendar year, Goksu Delta's southern shore, 15 Apr 2000.

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
1 Lake Akgöl, 16/03/00.

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Total 42, Birecik over the Eufrat river, 24 May 2000.

Striated Scops Owl Otus brucei
1 - 2 at Birecik (the "Tea-park") during May 2000.

Smyrna Kingfisher Halycon smyrnensis
1, Koyceyiz, 16/3/2000, 7, near Bahçe and Sökün, Göksu Delta 16/03/00, 1 Göksu River, Silifke 30 April 2000.

Pied Kingfisher
1 Birecik (Eufrat River), 23 May 2000.

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
7 Birecik on 3 May 2000.
1 Birecik W-side of the river, 24 May, 2000.

Pallid Swift
3+ Uludag 10 June 2000.

Little Swift
25+ Halfeti, 24 May 2000.

Yellow Vented Bulbul
3, Cirali (near Kemer), 14/3/2000.

Desert Lark
2 Birecik (just above the wadi close to the Ibis Centre) in May 2000.

Bar-tailed Desert Lark
2 at Akgöl on April 27 2000. Only the second occurrence ever reported for Turkey but awaiting full description and assessment.

Swallow Hirundo rustica
50+ Göksu Delta 12-18/03/00.

Alpine Swift Apus melba
30+ Göksu Delta, 12-18/03/00.

Stonechat
1, Seyfe Golu, 8/4/2000. It had a very distinctive white rump and was certainly one of the Eastern subspecies of Stonechat - probably armenica.

Moustached Warbler
1 singing (and seen) Akgöl, Göksu Delta on 30 April 2000.

Menetre's Warbler
35+ Birecik & Halfeti gardens, 24 May 2000.

Green Warbler
1 male Abant and 3 males 15km south of Bolu, 24 June 2000. 18+ singing males by the road in Yedigoller National Park, 25 June 2000.

Red-brested Flycatcher
1, Kocacay Delta, 6/5/2000.

Collared Flycatcher
1, Kocacay Delta, 22/4/2000 and 6/5/2000.

Raven
1 İnözü Vadisi on 16/07/00.
5 at breeding site, Nallihan on 16/07/00.

Chough
4 at breeding site, Nallihan on 16/07/00.

Rose-coloured Starling
25 Birecik on 3 May and 3 Halfeti on 4 May 2000.
30+25 adults Aksehir, 20 May 2000
90 adults, Goksu Delta's NE side village (Kurtulus??), 21 May 2000

Common Myna
1, Campus of Middle East Technical University-Ankara, 16 June 2000>

Pale Rock Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla
4 Birecik (just above the wadi close to the Ibis Centre) on 3 May and 20 Halfeti and 40 10 km north Birecik on 4 May 2000.
15+ Isikli, 25 May 2000.

Yellow-throated Sparrow
Several hundred in the eucalyptus plantation just north of Motel Mirkelam, Birecik, 10 in the park with Striated Scops Owl, Birecik and 2 5 km north of Birecik on 3 May and 2 Halfeti on 4 May and 5 singing late May 2000.
2 Birecik & 1 Halfeti gardens, 24 May 2000.

Desert Finch
4 Birecik wadi plateau, 24 May, 2000.

Trumpeter Finch
1 pair Isikli, Gaziantep on 5 May 2000.
1 pair Isikli, 25 May 2000.

Ortolan Bunting
15+ widely distributed and quite common around the Beypazar/Kavak Dag/Gudul region 19/5/2000-21/5/2000 when it was probably on passage.

Cinereous Buntings Emberiza cineracea
Several at Isikli in spring 2000.
20+ Isikli, 25 May 2000.

Barbaros Demirci, Robert Franklin, Bernt Godin, Kari Haataja, Göran Pettersson & Edwin W.A.M. Vaassen