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, A. Alsirhan, Dr Svetlana Annenkova, Vaughan Ashley, Dawn Balmer, Andrew Bailey, Jamie Buchan, Mark Chichester, Tom Coles, Judy Dawes, Jeff Delve, Hugues Dufourny, Pekka Fagel, Peter Flint, Brian Foster, Ramezanali Ghaemi, George Gregory, Nader Hamidi, Tomas Haraldsson, Peter Kaestner, Brendan Kavanagh, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Howard King, Guy Kirwan, David Murdoch, Khaled al Nasaralla, Uzi Paz, Yoav Perlman, Kalle Raino, Colin Richardson, Nir Sapir, Dave Sargeant, Michael Schulz, Marius Teeuw, David Whaley, Ingo Waschkies, Frédéric Vanhove, Frédéric Veyrunes, Laurent Veyrunes, Sidonie Veyrunes, Peter Wilson and Süreyya Ysfendiyaroglu.

On 19 January, 220 Pygmy Cormorants Phalacrocorax pygmaeus were at Jandari Lake, SE Georgia and c500 were at Dalis Reservoir on 21 February; both good counts for this species. A White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla at Vartsikhe Reservoir, Imereti region on 13 February is a rare winter visitor. Four Greater Spotted Eagles Aquila clanga were at Kolkheti National Park on 29 January and are the first to be noted to winter in Georgia for two years and constitutes the 6th or 7th winter records for Georgia. Between 3–7 May, 33 Steppe Buzzards Buteo buteo vulpinus were recorded in the Kazbegi area and Truso George. On 6 February, 41 Greater Black-headed Gulls Larus ichthyaetus were at Lake Kumisi, with a record count of 92 there on 9 February and at Lake Jandari 12 were recorded on 13 February. It is possible that bad weather caused them to congregate on Lake Kumisi. A single Green Woodpecker Picus viridis was in gardens in Rokithi village in Baghdathi district 7–9 January; this is a rare visitor to the area, last recorded about 25 years ago.

Waxwings Bombycilla garrulus from the invasion that occurred across western Europe strayed as far as Georgia with the first two small flocks of around 20–25 birds each, recorded on 29 January in Rokiti village, Imereti region, Western Georgia. On 4 February a flock of 120–150 individuals was watched in a garden in Mtskheta and the biggest flock, consisting of 150–200 birds, was watched on 11 February in vineyard near Abisi village. Four, or probably five Red-rumped Swallows Hirundo daurica were observed for several minutes on 28 March at Dali reservoir in eastern part of the Iori river valley, SE Georgia and four were seen together on 27 April in Kutaisi, Imereti region, Western Georgia; the 4th and 5th records for Georgia. Five Common Redstarts Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus were recorded between 3–7 May in the Kazbegi area & Truso George. At least nine Great Rosefinches Carpodacus rubicilla were between Gudauri and Jvari pass on 7 February; a rare winter location for this species. A flock of 250 was recorded at Kazbegi on 4 May after heavy snowfall.