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Guy Kirwan, 44 Rowington Road, Norwich NRl 3RR, UK 
The wetlands at Eregli, Turkey 
Guy Kirwan 
In the past, Eregli marshes supported a similar range of species to that 
at Hotamis, despite covering considerably less than half the area of the 
latter. Recent reports from British birdwatchers (notably Telfer in 
1988) suggest that Eregli is now far more important than Hotamis, both 
for breeding and migrant birds. 
We were able to spend the evening of 16 June and all of 17 June 1990 
birdwatching in the large wetland region of Eregli. This comprises two 
major habitat zones: a large shallow mud and reed fringed lake; and a 
large Phragmites reedbed interspersed with deeper lagoons. The area 
can be approached from several directions, and we concentrated our 
efforts on two areas representative of the two habitat zones. We could 
not detect any major differences in habitat area or quality from those 
reported by Telfer in 1988, but without detailed reference material, 
such comparisons can only be subjective. 
The lake area was the most productive, and was reached from the 
grazing marshes by the village of Tatlikuyu. The surrounding area 
seemed to be relatively untouched by agriculture, barring a few goats. 
The local population are to some extent aware of the importance of the 
region for birds, through having frequently met birdwatchers in the 
area. This contact may partly explain why the habitat still seems to be 
of a high quality. 
The northern side of the lake in the Tatlikuyu area was inaccessible 
owing to soft mud, but birdwatching from the eastern side was 
excellent, and included the following species and maximum counts. 
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