I'm told by local birders that raptor migration is painfully slow so far this
year which is typical of my luck, I'm not asking for much, just a normal
autumn migration will do. However, I have to take what I'm given and there was
still plenty to see at Carbonosa today, with about eight honey buzzards, six
booted eagles, Eleanora's falcon (photo above), peregrine, goshawk,
sparrowhawk and kestrels, plus a nice selection of passerines including pied
flycatchers, spotted flycatchers, western subalpine warblers, whinchats and
woodchat shrike. Also of course the usual resident Thekla larks, spotless
starlings and Iberian (azure-winged) magpies.
Eleanora's falcon.
Goshawk.
Dark phase booted eagle.
Juvenile woodchat shrike.
I can't buy a red-veined darter at home but they're everywhere here, the
commonest darter at the moment.
Iberian marsh frogs.
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