I woke up to a grey, cloudy sky, the first in five weeks I'll just add! This had a marked effect on sightings at Cabranosa this morning. Gone were the decent numbers of Booted Eagles and accompanying birds, much time was spent scanning an empty sky. The cloud and wind kept the temperature down and therefore a lack of thermals for the raptors. Over the woods to the North and East, a Goshawk was seen briefly and throughout the day, a juvenile Bonelli's Eagle took to the air for infrequent flights over the distant woods. The only significant raptor to make an appearance overhead was this Osprey, around midday. Following reports of a Little Bustard and possibly Egyptian Vultures on the ground, three of us went around Vale Santo to check the fields. I came up with the unusual sighting of two juvenile Black Kites, huddling on the ground across the field before the farm. With many birders around for the Festival, sightings were probably better than came my way today. I know the first Yellow-browed Warbler was seen near Fort Beliche and John Talbot made contact with, probably the earliest Ring Ouzel, a nice male at Carl's pond.
The fine male Cirl Bunting was around the pond and trees at various times of the day also. Comments are closed.
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