Watching some visible Migration across the Striat's.
Day one.
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Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus). |
I drove down to the Cazalla Watch Point above Tarifa so that I was in the area for a Pelagic trip on Saturday (tomorrow), I parked and set my chair before a few more birders arrived and things started to move.
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Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus). |
In general is was quietbut I started the day with a very smart
Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) which did a flyby and was followed by the first of quite a few Black Kites (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) as well as Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia),
Common (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and Pallid Swifts (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Crested Lark (Cogujada / Galerida cristata),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Corn Bunting (Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
Tawny Pipit (Bisbita Camprstre / Anthus campestris),
Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis), Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica) and
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica).
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Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) mobbing a Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
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Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) mobbing a Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
As things started to warm up the raptor numbers incressed with lots more Black Kites coming through from the distant hills including one bird which was being mobbed by 4
Ravens (Cuervo / Corvus corax) as well as good numbers of
Short-toed (Culebrera Europeo / Circaetus gallicus) and Booted Eagles (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTmUuok925CR46Ha7tViVPhgUxWUrFEBh-kYqvPcmsMBvM5XgCukk9PzNTtXbG8y3QVsAR4SQXtdnVfMaC7U2aXYBYH-LBPH7igWjZiORrbi62EbBGGr20eqFN37rrj4oWbjJDbqdvdg/w640-h456/3rd-Sept-21-4.jpg) |
Ravens (Cuervo / Corvus corax) mobbing a Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
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Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) mobbing a Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
During the morning I also saw smaller numbers of Common Kestrels (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Common (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and Honey Buzzards (Aberjero Europeo / Pernis apivorus), Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), singles of Northern Goshawk (Azor Común / Accipitor gentillis) and
Black Stork (Ciguena Negra / Ciconia nigra).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukhijF7mtW5xNsMCuAZQ7g_-dm01BAor4QJIe-X88uwH9xZODbB59jc4XzlT5A3GJJNJnDn2OLNarfrSS9zN8LetzfUL_0yFp4CyI2HjsIz0tYw0IaAxuTFLhKnAEa98hotmh9cgdUWk/w640-h504/3rd-Sept-21-7.jpg) |
Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans). |
I pack away at around 15.00 and had a quick look at the cliffs and sea at the coast near the Traffico watch point where I added Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis) and Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis).
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