A short look back at yesterday around the apartment with a Wryneck heard calling not far away. I found it clinging to a single bamboo cane, which made an unusual sighting for such a normally camouflaged bird. Walking the same lane, a Blue Rock Thrush had taken up a rooftop position on one of the properties. Not a picturesque location but easier to find than on a cliff face!! Further down the lane, close to Pinhal Ceramica and I'm becoming addicted to the local Booted Eagles. Catching them as they first begin hunting gives the closest and clearest of views. This morning's walk down the lane with Angela and Ellie produced a late Bee-eater. Initially the unmistakable burbling call was heard and then the Bee-eater came into view, resting on wires between short flights. A stunning Common Buzzard patrolled the same area for a short time. On arriving at the Cabranosa watchpoint, this was the view immediately overhead this morning. 4 Booted Eagles, 2 Short-toed Eagles, a Honey Buzzard and an Egyptian Vulture made for an excellent start. It remained an interesting day of raptors with both Marsh and Hen Harriers making an appearance between eagle sightings. Mid afternoon saw the ever welcome sight of 'raptors in bulk'. Yes, it was the arrival of around 400 Griffon Vultures remaining high in the sky to the East of us, before heading away again. Perhaps better views of them tomorrow as they often appear for more than one day. Definitely a day of change today as 6 Red Kites, an unusual raptor here, overflew the watchpoint.
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