Weather patterns have been indicating of late that a Big Day
was increasingly likely at the Batumi Bottleneck but which day would it be! It
just happens that that day was today I was on station two at Shuamta which did
not have the lions share of the birds, but there were significant streams with
over 100,000 raptors passing over the area.
Eagle numbers were also lower at Shuamta (which is unusual)
but I managed some time to get some pictures of these magnificent birds. I also
confirmed a new species for me in a Greater Spotted Eagle which has been
recorded at stations I have been at but I have not had good enough views to add
it to my life list.
Over the next weeks Eagle numbers should increase and along
with further Eagle presentations will give plenty of opportunity to identify
the different ages as they pass through the bottleneck.
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