The magical 1,000,000 raptor mark has now been surpassed
with a celebration thrown into the mix. For the exact total visit the following
link:-
The eagles have also been contributing to the total
sometimes in waves something that I have not witnessed before. I thought the
Honey Buzzard migration was special but this spectacle is something else with
large eagles forming semi orderly queues to stream past the stations.
The second eagle talk has also been given by Tojar with a
challenging eagle quiz at the end of the presentation. This allows the
opportunity for counters to learn more about the plumages of the birds and then
put the theory into practice on the stations the next day.
This morning station one had a juvenile Lesser, Greater and
Steppe kettling together on the west side of the station. This was the perfect
opportunity to test my id skills on the back of the night before. It was a
shame an Imperial Eagles did not complete the Batumi set of Eagles.
The rest of the day was slow with a handful of Red Footed
Falcon passing the transect line in the west.
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