A moderate breeze continues to blow and plays havoc with our bird sightings. The smaller eagles such as the Booted Eagle and several Black Kites have struggled to make any headway, once over the peninsula at Sagres. It has been a time for the more powerful birds with both Goshawk and Peregrine featuring among many Sparrowhawks. Juvenile Goshawk. Peregrine. Today, a juvenile Bonelli's Eagle showed nicely for a while over the watchpoint, showing the tan coloured breast and wingbars. Speaking of powerful birds, our next encounter was with a first year Golden Eagle. Although remaining a little distant, this bird had been seen at Barao wind farm yesterday and we were delighted that it came in our direction at all, given the weather conditions. The first year Golden Eagle shows a large white tail with broad black band at the tip. White flashes appear on both the upper and underwing which can be seen as the eagle flies away, a long way off. The Golden Eagle is an excellent sighting here at Sagres. Even 'Cabranosa Dog' said "Wow, look at that!!" We finished our 'watch' early afternoon due to the wind and surprisingly, our sightings over a few hours were - 7 Booted Eagle, 2 Short-toed Eagle, 1 Bonelli's Eagle, 1 Golden Eagle, 1 Honey Buzzard, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Osprey, 2 Black Kite, 5 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel.
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