Very much a sought after bird still at Cabranosa, I was delighted to find a dark falcon coming in from the East, flying low and fast. It passed across us before turning North and disappearing over the woods. Only my second record here, this was a dark form adult falcon, unlike the juvenile seen last year. Around the same time as we observed the Eleonora's, we had seen a distant Buzzard species also low over the woods. This bird turned and dropped into the trees and in doing so, showed a startling white rump! As Rough Legged Buzzard doesn't occur here and a harrier was already ruled out, it was a little puzzling. Later in the afternoon, the same bird approached us revealing itself as a juvenile Honey Buzzard. It was an immaculate looking Buzzard in a very light colour form. During our stay this afternoon the following were noted:- 4 Honey Buzzard, 1 Black Kite, 1 Bonelli's Eagle, 1 pale Booted Eagle, 1 Sparrowhawk and 1 Short-toed Eagle. Non-raptors included a single Alpine Swift flying North, 12 Red-rumped Swallows, 2 Ravens, 2 Turtle Doves and the Chough flock.
On the ground, there were less birds than yesterday. Redstarts and Spotted Flycatchers were seen along with several Whitethroats and an adult Subalpine Warbler. Comments are closed.
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