Karakoç  the creek Balıkesir ayvalık

i did bird research in the creek wetland.

Bird watching was conducted in the wetland from 7 am to 7 pm and my annual average data for the wetland is.The average number of days is 603.The average number of hours for the wetland is 38.The average minute for the wetland is 2.280.

The number of years I have spent on the wetland is 7.

from 2017 to 2024, I am recording photos of birds living in the wetland and I have studied the bird species that produce in the wetland.

I have added the topics and slots of the observed slots to the Nestwatch site.The names of the bird species that live in the Karakoc creek wetland and whose reproduction has been observed. I have observation records and photographic records proving the breeding of has

Birds that breed in wetlands and are likely to reproduce

Haematopus ostralegus breeds in May

Acrocephalus scirpaceus breeds in August

Acrocephalus palustris breeds in August

Acrocephalus arundinaceus breeds in August

Cettia cetti breeds in August

Lanius collurio breeds in August

Hirundo daurica breeds in August

Hirundo rustica breeds in August Anarhynchus alexandrinus breeds in  August

Sterna albifrons breeds in June

Emberiza melanocephala breeds in August

Pica pica breeds in August

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus breeds in August

Locustella luscinioides breeds in August

My bird observations are birds breeding in wetlands

if a bird hatches from an egg and I observe the mating behavior of the same bird, and I observe the egg of the same bird, and I observe the offspring of the same bird and young birds, I consider the bird species to be the type of bird that breeds.

The only bird species that breeds rarely in the Karakoc creek wetland is the Pandion haliaetus bird.Breeds in May.

Species that do not breed in the wetland, but have a high probability of breeding. Bird species and names that have mating behavior and have the appearance of adults who do not incubate and only reproduce in a wetland.

Galerida cristata,Motacilla flava,Numenius arquata,Pluvialis squatarola,Charadrius dubius,Glareola pratincola,Alaudala heinei,Ptyonoprogne rupestris,Riparia riparia,Delichon urbicum,Oenanthe isabellina,Oenanthe oenanthe,Egretta garzetta,Sterna hirundo,Cisticola juncidis,Saxicola rubicola,Remiz pendulinus,Ardea cinerea,Athene noctua,Phalacrocorax carbo,Himantopus himantopus.

Bird migrations in the wetland

Birds that are frequently observed during the migration period but are rarely seen in the wetland are called regularly seen rare bird species.Glareola pratincola,Alaudala heinei.

Bird species observed in autumn migration in the wetland

Spatula clypeata,Mareca strepera,Anas platyrhynchos,Tachybaptus ruficollis,Numenius arquata,Limosa lapponica,Tringa nebularia,Calidris alpina,Chroicocephalus ridibundus,Ichthyaetus melanocephalus,Phalacrocorax carbo,Egretta garzetta,Pandion haliaetus,Asio otus,Alcedo atthis,Alauda arvensis,Cisticola juncidis,Sturnus vulgaris,Saxicola rubicola,Passer domesticus,Linaria cannabina,Carduelis carduelis,Serinus serinus,Curruca communis,Muscicapa striata,Saxicola rubetra,Lanius collurio,Chloris chloris,Calidris minuta,Gallinula chloropus,Pluvialis squatarola,Ciconia nigra,Charadrius hiaticula,Plegadis falcinellus,Oenanthe oenanthe,Oenanthe isabellina,Microcarbo pygmaeus,Pelecanus onocrotalus,Circus aeruginosus,Accipiter nisus,Streptopelia decaocto,Charadrius dubius,Sterna hirundo,Ardea purpurea,Hirundo rustica,Emberiza melanocephala,Emberiza calandra,Cecropis daurica,Pica pica,Tringa totanus,Calidris pugnax,Lanius minor,Motacilla flava,Acrocephalus scirpaceus,Acrocephalus arundinaceus,Acrocephalus palustris,Acrocephalus schoenobaenus,Locustella luscinioides.

Bird species observed in spring migration in wetland

Alaudala heinei,Glareola pratincola,Haematopus ostralegus,Pandion haliaetus ,Himantopus himantopus,Ardeola ralloides,Iduna pallida,Cettia cetti,Sternula albifrons,Parus major.

Bird species observed in winter migration in the wetland

Tadorna ferruginea,Mareca penelope,Phoenicopterus roseus,Streptopelia decaocto,Fulica atra,Gallinago gallinago,Tringa ochropus,Chroicocephalus genei,Thalasseus sandvicensis,Phalacrocorax carbo,Ardea alba,Platalea leucorodia,Garrulus glandarius,Pica pica,Galerida cristata,Anthus pratensis,Fringilla coelebs,Emberiza calandra,Emberiza schoeniclus,Erithacus rubecula,Larus michahellis,Corvus monedula,Corvus cornix,Anarhynchus alexandrinus,Phoenicurus ochruros,Curruca melanocephala.

Names of endangered bird species living in the Karakoç stream wetland and names of bird species on the red list.

NT Hematopus ostralegus,Numenius arquata,Limosa lapponica,Calidris canutus,Calidris ferruginea,Haematopus ostralegus,Vanellus vanellus,Limosa limosa,Lanius senator,Phoeniconaias minor,Aythya nyroca,Pelecanus crispus,Turdus iliacus.

VU Puffinus yelkouan,Streptopelia turtur,Aythya ferina,Branta ruficollis,Falco vespertinus,Rissa tridactyla,Ichthyaetus audouinii,Podiceps auritus.

EN Neophron percnopterus.

Geography of the wetland .The karakoc creek wetland is located under Madra mountain and the height of Madra mountain is 1338.The location of the Karakoc creek wetland. Altınova is a village in the district of Ayvalık, Balıkesir Province.Turkey provincial neighbors of balikesir.it is a neighbor to Kütahya and Bursa provinces in the east of Balıkesir. In the south of Balıkesir province, it is a neighbor to Izmir and manisa provinces.The west of Balıkesir is the neighbor of Çanakkale province. Ayvalık Balıkesir, on the other hand, is a neighbor of the Greek island of Mytilene is a neighbor.The part of Balıkesir province facing the Aegean is Ayvalık. The part of Balıkesir province facing the Marmara Sea is Manyas..

Types of habitats that exist in the wetland

there are swamps, subasar meadows, barren habitat,saltwater and freshwater ecosystems and thickets and gorse and reeds and lagoons and bays, as well as the karakoc delta and karakoc creek.

factors that threaten the wetland

the dumping of human garbage and construction rubble and the dumping of construction materials around and the attack of hungry dogs on birds and the attack of birds breeding in the wetland during the breeding season and the theft of sand from the wetland and houses built near the wetland threaten the wetland.

Names of other bird species seen in the wetland

Cygnus olor

Tadorna tadona

Spatula querquedula

Anas acuta

Anas crecca

Aythya fuligula

Mergus serrator

Coturnix coturnix

Podiceps cristatus

Podiceps nigricollis

Columba livia

Streptopelia turtur

Apus apus

Rallus aquaticus

Recurvirostra avosetta

Vanellus vanellus

Numenius phaeopus

Limosa limosa

Actitis hypoleucos

Tringa stagnatilis

Tringa glareola

Arenaria interpres

Calidris alba

Calidris ferruginea

Hydrocoloeus minutus

Larus canus

Hydroprogne caspia

Gavia arctica

Puffinus yelkouan

Pelecanus crispus

Ixobrychus minutus

Circus cyaneus

Buteo buteo

Asio otus

Upupa epops

Merops apiaster

Dendrocopos syriacus

Falco tinnunculus

Falco subbuteo

Lanius senator

Corvus cornix

Corvus corax

Cyanistes caeruleus

Remiz pendulinus

Calandrella brachydactyla

Melanocorypha calandra

Lullula arborea

Phylloscopus trochilus

Aegithalos caudatus

Curruca curruca

Curruca melanocephala

Sitta neumayer

Troglodytes troglodytes

Turdus philomelos

Turdus merula

Erithacus rubecula

Luscinia megarhynchos

Oenanthe melanoleuca

Passer hispaniolensis

Motacilla cinerea

Passer montanus

Anthus campestris

Anthus spinoletta

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Spinus spinus

Emberiza cirlus