Records and photographs for Around the Region should be sent as soon as possible after the event to Around the Region, OSME, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, U.K.   

The following assisted in the compilation of this review: Alexander Abuladze, Yosef Ali Alzaby, Vasil Ananian, Ian Andrews, Parviz Bakhtiari, Gerry Bilbao, Tom Coles, Judy Dawes, Rob Felix, Peter Flint, Ramezanali Ghaemi, Jan Goedelt, Ian Green, Nader Hamidi, Tomas Haraldsson, Peter Hellyer, Volker Hesse, Menno Hornman, Lior Kislev, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Marcus Kohler, Graham Langley, Alexander Lees, Graham Lobley, Martin Lok, Mary Megalli, Peter Meininger, Babak Musavi, Yoav Perlman, Thomas Pettersson, Stefan Pfutzke, Colin Richardson, Nir Sapir, Dave Sargeant, Heiko Schmaljohann, Shellie Senzer, David Stanton, Marius Teeuw, Hannes Uhlig, Magnus Ullman, Harvey van Diek, Colin Walters, David Whaley, Frank Willems and Mark Zekhuis.

Twelve Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmaeus at Kumisi Lake on 29 November was a good record for thie irregular winterer. At Khanchali Lake, 14 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus and nine Dalmatian Pelican P. crispus 9 were there on 9 August. Two Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis were at Lisi Lake on 4 August with a single at a small pond in Krtsanisi Dendrological Park on 12 August. A single Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris was at Kumisi on 21 September. During a three-hour count on 17 September 510+ Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus were observed at Kobuleti lowland in Ajaria, SW Georgia. Two White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla were at Vartsikhe Reservoir on 2 December, one adult and one immature were recorded at Jandari Lake on 12 December. At least 16 Booted Eagle Hieraeetus pennatus were counted on migration during a four hour period at Kura (Mtkvari) river mouth in the western part of Gori town on 28 September; a high count for this species. Between 12–21 September, 21 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni were observed migrating in Kura (Mtkvari) river mouth in the western part of Gori town; a good count for this species. At least eight Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus were at Kazbegi on 29 June. A single Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla was bagged by a local hunter on 29 August near Tikhauri village, Ozurgethi district, SW Georgia; this species is a rare on passage migrant, although probably under-recorded.

Ten Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus were at Jandari Lake on 7 December and two were recorded on the bank of Kura River in Gori on 20 December. On 2 October, three small flocks (c30–35 birds) of Common Swift Apus apus were in Tbilisi; a very late record. Up to 150 Sand Martin Riparia riparia were recorded in small flocks in Kura (Mtkvari) River Valley between Tbilisi and Mtskheta on 3 October; a late record for this species. A Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes on 25 July at Yaghluja ridge, Eastern Georgia was a new location. Three Guldenstadt’s Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogaster were at Kazbegi on 29 June. During December, one–three Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria were regularly recorded in the lower part of Liakhvi River Valley in northern part of Gori. On 6 December, between 120–130 Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla were recored in settlements and along Georgian Military highway in Kazbergi district; this is a high concentration and probably caused by severe weather conditions.