I am not a Bird Expert , nor I do know a Bird Watch Guide in this region.
However , I will be more then happy if you share your knowledge on this page regarding Birds Species in South West Turkey. I have tried my best to gather some information about the birds seen in and around Sarigerme, I hope this will help. Also just a quick note ; in the summer of 2007 and 2009 i have spotted vast amount of King Fishers at Dalyan River ,it was absolute great joy to watch these fantastic hunters ..Oooh, i must mention the Storks in area too as they visit between mid April to late August and dominate the skys , rather georgeous birds..Please visit my Stork page .

Species List in and around Sarigerme :

King Fisher - not as common (however, I have seen almost every day on Dalyan River in 2007 and 2008)
Greater Flamingo - not as common as you'd expect
Purple Heron - very common around the whole area
Grey Heron - not as common as Purple Herons
Squacco Heron - not as common as you'd expect
Little Egret - very common in the area; seen regularly in the wetlands
White Stork - extremely common everywhere in and around Sarigerme.
Mallard - not as common as you'd expect
Golden Eagle – Very rare
Long Legged Buzzard - not as common as you'd expect
Common Buzzard - not as common as you'd expect
Lanner Falcon - not as common as you'd expect
Red Footed Falcon - not as common as you'd expect
Kestrel - very common; seen most days and in most areas around sarigerme
Lesser Kestrel - not as common as you'd expect
Little Owl - common around Sarigerme
Scops Owl - common; heard all over the place (even in daylight)
Coot - not as common as you'd expect
Kentish Plover - not as common as you'd expect
Woodpigeon - fairly common in the farmland areas
Collared Dove - very common everywhere!
Swift - small numbers
Alpine Swift - not as common as you'd expect
Swallow – Very Common ,nesting everywhere
House Martin - common in amongst the swallows.
Roller - not as common as you'd expect
Jay - not as common as you'd expect
Red Backed Shrike - not as common as you'd expect (they were everywhere in the past)
Crested Lark - common on farmland areas
Isabelline Wheatear - not as common as you'd expect
Yellow Wagtail - not as common as you'd expect
Rufus Bushchat - common in the farmland areas.
Reed Warbler - common everywhere
Black-headed Bunting - not as common as you'd expect
Blue Rock Thrush - not as common as you'd expect
Rock Nuthatch - not as common as you'd expect
Spotted Flycatcher - not as common as you'd expect
Raven - not as common as you'd expect
Hooded Crow - very common and seen everywhere, especially farmland and rubbish dump.
Penduline Tit –Unfortunately not as common as you'd expect
Great Tit - common.
Greenfinch - 1 or 2 seen in trees .
Goldfinch - common in the fields.
Redpoll - not as common as you'd expect
House Sparrow - very common everywhere.

KOYCEGIZ LAKE (about 45 minutes away from Sarigerme)
Surface Area : 8000
Altitude: Sea level
Protection: Yes
Bird Species in Koycegiz Lake : It hosts huge number of wintering water birds, including cormorant, little cormorant, red crested pochard (Macar ördegi in turkish) and wildgoose (sakarmekesi in turkish) (max. 34.120).
Main Characteristics: sweet water lake, swamp