Champions of the Flyway 2016 – Results and final standings
Over 190 birders from 40 teams assembled in Eilat for an incredible race day on March 29th 2016. The teams combed the playing field from Nizzana and Yerucham Lake in the Negev, down to the Gulf of Eilat in a hectic attempt to log as many species of birds possible in 24 hours. There are many wonderful stories from race day, these will surface slowly of course but for now we are delighted to share the final results of an amazing day of birding for conservation. Regardless of how the teams did on the actual Big Day we would like to congratulate you all on the incredible fundraising efforts you all put in. As you know we have raised a record high of $70,000 that will go to active bird conservation on the ground in Greece. For this, you are all CHAMPIONS!
Award winners and final standings:
2016 Champions of the Flyway – International race (16 teams)
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The Champions! The Zeiss Arctic Redpolls with 174 species!
2nd Place: The IBRCE Flying Dutchmen – 171 species
3rd Place: The Next Generation Birders – 164 species
4th Place: The Birding Eco-tours Bandits + The Leica CMBO American Dippers – 163 species
5th Place – The Dutch Knights – 159 species
6th Place – Team Extremadura – 155 species
7th Place – The Sempach Snowfinches – 151 species
The Zeiss BBRC Vagrants + Pterodromoi Birdlife Greece– 148 species
Birdwatch Birdguides Roadrunners – 138 species
Birdlife Swarovski Racers – 134 species
The Inglorious Bustards – 130 species – Budgie included 😉
The Bus Birders – 114 species
SEO Birdlife – 112
The Zeiss BWD Way-off Coursers – 109 (Green big day at the IBRCE Park)
Award winners and final standings:
2016 Champions of the Flyway –
Israeli race (24 teams altogether, 9 Youth teams)
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The Champions! The J’s Chickens (Hoopoe center for creative ecology) – 169 species
2nd Place: The Terns from Ma’agan Michael – 167 species
3rd Place: The CC Coursers – 160 species
4th Place: The Arava Eagles – 156 species
5th Place: The Little Bastards* – YOUTH TEAM – 154 species
6th Place: The Pratincoles – 149 species
7th Place: The Desert Wheatears – 148 species
The Swallows – YOUTH TEAM – 145 species
The Babblers – YOUTH TEAM – 141 species
The Angry Birds – YOUTH TEAM – 137 species
The Bulbuls + the Goldcrests – YOUTH TEAMS – 130 species
The Greenfinches – YOUTH TEAM – 129 species
The “Bald Ibises” Tel Aviv Univ – 126 species
The Bee-eaters – 125 species
The Sooty Falcons – YOUTH TEAM – 124 species
The Arava Babblers – 123 species
The Goldfinches – 122
The JBO Orioles – 119 species
The Hula mobile hide team – 115 species
The Safari team – 106 species (+ 100 heart points for helping an injured Red-rumped Swallow during race day)
The Great Bustards – 104 species
The Peregrines – YOUTH TEAM – 102 species
*Yes, you read that correctly. Cheeky monkeys : )
- A Grand total of 243 species were seen during the 24 hours by all teams.
- The Champions of the Flyway Whatsapp group buzzed with over 620 messages of information shared by teams!
- The official hashtag $#COTF2016 lit up social media for days!
Congratulations to all teams and thank you for making this year our best yet!