The Batumi International Birdwatching Festival was established in 2012. Its aim is to promote birdwatching, develop ecotourism and showcase Adjara's unique natural heritage. The region is home to one of the world's most important raptor migration corridors, where hundreds of thousands of birds of prey are counted every autumn, with numbers exceeding one million in many seasons. This spectacular migration is shaped by the unique geographical location, landscape and climatic conditions of the eastern Black Sea coast. Every year, this natural phenomenon attracts ornithologists, birdwatching enthusiasts and nature lovers to Adjara.
The villages of Sakhalvasho and Shuamta (Chaisubani),...
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