JANIS (2018, Latvia) - adult bird

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January 10
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Previous data
- 09.01.2026, Distance: 4388 km (+ 6 km)
- Turkey: Bebeli - a village in the municipality and district of Karataş, Adana Province (to the south of the village)

NEW DATA
- 10.01.2026, Distance: 4411 km (+ 23 km) Janis moved to new place in this area (to the south)
- Turkey: Çakırören - a village in the municipality and district of Karataş, Adana Province

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google earth offers more photos




https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-c ... BxSA=h1440 by İsa BEÇİK, Yüreğir Plain Agricultural Irrigation


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-c ... 53fg=h1440 by İsa BEÇİK, Cotton Field


Çakırören REEL uploaded on Sept. 17, 2025 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOtMaMEDQeZ/

Çakırören STREET VIEW by Ahmet Şenel uploaded on 2/2018 https://maps.app.goo.gl/WiAfoiVYExuPGNdo7

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January 14
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Previous data
- 13.01.2026, Distance: 4452 km (+ 15 km)
- Turkey: Incirli/Yemişli - a village in the municipality and district of Karataş, Adana Province

NEW DATA
- 14.01.2026, Distance: 4476 km (+ 24 km) Jani’s most recent location is on the shore the Akyatan Gölü - Ramsar Site (more morning in thread for Janis)
- Turkey: Akyatan Gölü/Karataş - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Karataş, Adana Province

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PHOTO 1

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-c ... r9pg=h1440

PHOTO 2

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-c ... h5Ro=h1440

PHOTO 3

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-c ... Sclg=h1440

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first posted here: viewtopic.php?p=52564#p52564

Akayatan and Akyayan LAKE
- and there are used names Akyatan for the bigger lake to the west and Ağyatan for the smaller lake to the east
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Og ... eaches.png



VIDEO
Akyayan or Ağyatan is the right name for the smaller lake/lagoon

uploaded on 15.10.2020 by Aytaç Batıbay

Akyatan or Akayatan is the right name for the bigger lake/lagoon

PIC from this very, very short video https://youtu.be/HDaLuSR-gik?si=xqH8FXsuGo4YkBdQ

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Akyatan Lagoon. 15/04/98; Adana; 14,700 ha; 36°37'N 035°16'E. Cultural and Natural Asset; Wildlife Protection Area. A coastal lagoon surrounded by brackish marshes, sandy shores, freshwater pools, wet meadows, and dunes. Among the dunes are pits extending below sea level that fill with freshwater in the rainy season. The site provides habitat for several globally threatened species, including breeding marine turtles, and regularly supports internationally important numbers of numerous species of migrating, wintering and breeding waterbirds. Human activities include agriculture, scientific research, and an important fishery. The area has high historical and archaeological value. Ramsar site no. 943. Most recent RIS information: 2008.
(https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/943?__goawa ... gle.com%2F)

https://www.birdingplaces.eu/en/birding ... tan-lagoon
Black Stork photographed there: https://www.birdingplaces.eu/storage/fi ... vaar-2.jpg

interesting description and nice photos https://www.adanabaska.com/en/3/excepti ... ite/22/191

https://map.navigatormap.org/site-detail?site_id=45313

posted 29.08.2025 short reel
https://www.facebook.com/kampadanacom/v ... 605494241/