As ever, the book (‘Finding Birds in the South-west Turkey – the book’) describes the best birding sites in exceptional detail, made even clearer by my trademark maps. It has 40 pages including 19 pages of maps. It covers the best sites close to tourist resorts such as Dalyan, Fethiye, Kalkan, Bodrum, Antalya and Manavgat and several sites inland within a days drive of those areas. It includes detailed sites for Brown Fish Owl, Red-fronted Serin, White-throated Robin, Asian Crimson-winged Finch, Finsch’s Wheatear, Olive-tree Warbler, Graceful Warbler, Yellow-vented Bulbul, Kruper’s Nuthatch and many more.
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Efes marsh – good birding sites next to Ephesus and Kusadasi
Buyuk Menderes delta and Bafa Golu – terrific area for wetland birds, buntings and warblers if you find the right places
Gulluk marsh and Tuzla Golu – wetlands close to Bodrum airport
Koycegiz and Dalyan – including new information on how to find White-breasted Kingfisher
Dalaman airport pools – terrific for waders if water levels are right
Fethiye and Olu Deniz – birds of mountain, forest and marsh close to the resorts
Patara and Kalkan – lovely countryside with marshes and Yellow-vented Bulbul
Seki and the Gogubeli Pass – discover exciting mountain birds within an hour of Fethiye
Korkuteli Hills – for all the mountain birds including Crimson-winged Finch
Manavgat area – with sites for Olive-tree Warbler, Yellow-vented Bulbul and Graceful Prinia
Oymapinar reservoir – how to see Brown Fish Owl
Mount Honaz – for Horned Lark, Red-fronted Serin and Krupers Nuthatch
Pamukkale – a spectacular natural phenomenon with added Finsch’s Wheatear
Lake Burdur – the most important site in the world for White-headed Duck and much more
Acigol – what a place. Fantastic freshwater marshes and hillsides full of buntings, shrikes, warblers and robins
Isikli Golu – a great place to get close to wetland birds
