Honey Buzzard’s have been taking a back seat of late with
Black Kite numbers exceeding expectations for this time in the season. There
have been mumblings around the BRC dinner tables that perhaps there will not be
a Big Day this year for HB.
When it comes to birding I am an eternal optimist. This has
developed over many hours sat at Beddington Farm waiting for the next rarity. I
firmly believe if a fall of birds does not happen today then we are a day
closer to it happening!
Today became that very day with streams of Honey Buzzards
over both stations. The birds were so low over station two that you could
almost touch them. This was an amazing spectacle watching birds gliding and
thermalling in the valleys.
A Lesser Spotted Eagle made a low fly past during the afternoon but I was too slow out of my counting chair to get a good shot!
I am still buzzing over 60,000+ Honey Buzzards counted in a
day!
For exact numbers please visit the BRC link below where the
full days count is shown.
Many would say it was overdue but hey it happened today! Woo
Hoo!
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