Amazing sight over @TCVStavehill #Rotherhithe. A migrating Short-eared Owl. First spotted by John Cadera. Great views as it circled several times mobbed by Magpie. Great wildlife in the heart of our city. #londonbirdclub
Further down the track at about 10.30 am a group of #HoneyBuzzard rose on the thermals joined by Booted and Short-toed Eagles and headed towards the Estrecho on a light Levante.
Very close encounter with a #HoneyBuzzard on #LaJanda today. Calling loudly from the track and then from roadside bushes.
Valcargado #cadizprovince is a wonderful place for raptors. In a light Levante, dispersing juvenile Bonelli’s and migrating Short-toed Eagle, Honey Buzzard and Osprey.
Sitting on the bench at #rspbboytonmarshes when this pair of Great White Egret suddenly landed on the edge of the scrape just a few metres away. Such a lovely sight.
In Suffolk enjoying excellent views of the long-staying female Red footed Falcon on Westleton Heath.
Valcargado in #cadizprovince is a wonderful place for #raptors. Juvenile Spanish and Bonelli’s together with the much more common Booted and Short-toed Eagle. Also a great migration corridor in a light Levante
Great #raptor tussle over the fields near Conil #Cadizprovince. Montagu’s Harrier harassed by larger and faster Black Kite that eventually stole the prey.
On Marismas de Trebujena. Spectacled Warbler singing boldly from fence alongside the track and surprisingly easy to see.
In the beautiful vineyards of Primitivo Collantes on the Cordel del Fontanar near Chiclana de la Frontera, a newly arrived Rufous Bushchat in good voice in the spring sunshine.
On the Camino del Lomo near Conil in #cadizprovince . The brisk Levante suddenly brought about 50 migrating #Honeybuzzard low overhead before spiralling up and heading north
Travelling through La Serena in Extremadura. A wonderful place for steppe birds. Montagu’s Harrier, Collared Pratincole a fly past of Black-bellied Sandgrouse and a Golden Eagle.
And lower down the slopes of La Covatilla, Bonelli’s Warbler and Sub-Alpine Warbler also singing and establishing territories.
High on the slopes of #LaCovatilla the #Bluethroat has returned and this male is boldly setting out its territory from its singing posts. A wonderful sight and sound.
#Firecrest, a scarce winter visitor, showing well in the winter sunshine in #SouthwarkPark. A lovely park and a great place for wildlife. #londonbirds
Great to see this family of critically endangered #MarbledDuck on the Marismas de #Trebujena. A stronghold of this species and signs of recovery thanks to local conservation work.
Two days of levante wind has brought a great raptor and passerine passage through Valcargado. Large numbers of Honey Buzzard and Red-rumped Swallow with the occasional Spotted Flycatcher and Sub-alpine Warbler.
#cadizprovince
On the Camino del Lomo near Conil. A juvenile female and a juvenile male dark morph #montagusharrier. Lovely #raptors benefiting from local environmentally-friendly agricultural practices in #cadizprovince.
