Georgia

Welcome to the 16th episode of The BirdGuides Podcast! Today, David, Ed and Ian are joined by Brian McCloskey for the first show in our new Travel series. Today's destination is Georgia, a small country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia that is renowned for dramatic alpine landscapes, massive raptor migration and rare regional endemics.

In this episode

• The species that draw birders to Georgia.
• The wide variety of habitats.
• Twitching Great Rosefinch on horseback.
• Spectacular raptor migration at Batumi.
• Epic encounters with Wallcreeper.

Episode timestamps

03:00 – Brian's Great Rosefinch quest

14:00 – David's two visits to Georgia

19:29 – Spectacular raptors at Batumi

29:00 – Chasing wild pheasants

36:37 – Brilliant Georgian birding

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Great Rosefinch photo by Imran Shah.