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IngloriousBustardsA day of rain ☔️ in the mountains yesterday but that of course didn’t stop us having some fabulous encounters among the wooded valleys 😎In the face Common Firecrests, Crested Tits, Hawfinch, Short-toed Treecreepers and more! <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/MountainBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MountainBirding</a> <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsOur first full day in the mountains of the Serranía de <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Ronda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ronda</a> with our guests was full emersion mountain <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birding</a>!Iberian Grey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Shrikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shrikes</a>, Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Wheatears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wheatears</a>, Blue Rock <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Thrushes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thrushes</a> and Rock <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Bunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bunting</a> encounters with Griffon <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vultures</a> a constant companion as Golden Eagles, Bonelli´s Eagles and the first of 2025 Black Kites soared overhead! We finished the day amongst a Choughnado! With masses of Red-billed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Chough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chough</a> noisily coming to roost!<a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/MountainBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MountainBirding</a> <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsAs our time on our <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Flyway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flyway</a> wintering grounds in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Gambia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gambia</a> comes to an end we are looking forward to following these 272 White <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Storks</a> that passed over us here in The Gambia 🇬🇲 already on their way north towards The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a> - we will follow them! <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsWe have now arrived in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Gambia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gambia</a> ahead of our guests arrival and we are meeting some amazing <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> and our <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayFamily</a> The long-staying Black-casqued <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Hornbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hornbill</a> and White-faced Scop’s <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Owl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Owl</a> among our first encounters alongside commonly encountered species that leave you buzzing with ornithological excitement!Little Bee-eaters, Red-billed Firefinch and Pied <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kingfishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kingfishers</a> surround us as Green <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Monkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monkeys</a> watch the swirling raptors above.<a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsAs we continue our journey we encounter diverse landscapes with very special species to match!Early morning we were literally part of a group of very cool Fulvous Chatterers among the sustainable huertas, nearby gorgeous Desert Sparrows and on the higher rocky plateaus very curious sweet Desert Larks running towards us like old friends! <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/DuneBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DuneBirding</a> <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsOur guests arrived so straight into the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> action! Common <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Cranes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cranes</a> (900+) and White <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Storks</a> (600+) among post rice workings here and <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Bluethroats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluethroats</a> (pic) on the edges3 Black-winged Kites & Hen Harrier were also highlights + last <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bird</a> of the day.... a mighty Spanish Imperial Eagle! 😍

IngloriousBustards<a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> autumn adventure in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a> 2024 Check out our magical experience with our lovely guests here in September amongst the flow of migratory soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a> Your dates for 2025 and 2026 already on our website! <a href="https://ingloriousbustards.com/2024/11/18/magical-autumn-migration-in-the-straits-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ingloriousbustards.com/2024/11/18/magical-autumn-migration-in-the-straits-2024/</a>

IngloriousBustardsAnother <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/DANA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DANA</a> storm has arrived here in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a> and some of the resident and migratory <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bird</a> species will now have to sit out this torrential rain for the next two days!Common Chiff-chaff, Northern Bald Ibis and Short-toed Eagles feeding ahead of the incoming storm!<a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsAs well as the continuing passage of soaring migratory <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a> the passage of smaller travellers is also evident now here in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a>! Red-rumped <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Swallows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swallows</a> and Alpine <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swifts</a> amass among skies full of Booted and Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eagles</a> as the bushes and trees are alive with the sound and movement of both European Pied (pics) and Spotted <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Flycatchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flycatchers</a>, <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Warblers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Warblers</a> and more😊Hard to know where to look first! <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsA steady flow of migratory soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a> in front of our guests and a fitting end to their <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> adventures yesterday!713 Booted <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, 253 Short-toed Eagles, Egyptian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vultures</a>, Black Kites, European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, Marsh Harriers, Eurasian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Sparrowhawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sparrowhawks</a>, Alpine <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swifts</a>, 93 Black Storks and 14 White <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Storks</a>.To top the day two imm Rüppell´s Vultures cruised overheadPics - Booted Eagles, Short-toed Eagle and Rüppell´s Vulture.

IngloriousBustardsThe absolutely stunning long-staying adult Rüppell´s Vulture delighted us and our guests from Naturetrek Wildlife Holidays yesterday at the nearby Griffon Vulture colony showing all its diminutive mottled beauty as it swooped by! This critically endangered Sahelian vagrant has now been here since February!<a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsA fabulous day of <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> for our guests from Naturetrek Wildlife Holidays yesterday With a moderate levante wind the soaring migrants passed right by us often at eye-level as the flow of Booted & Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, European Honey Buzzards, Eurasian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Sparrowhawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sparrowhawks</a>, Egyptian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vultures</a>, both Black and White Storks continued as a hulking European Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vulture</a> cruised passed the migrating masses ☺️

IngloriousBustardsWith showers slipping into The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a> yesterday and cloud covering <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Morocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Morocco</a> many of the soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#migrants</a> were at first reluctant to make the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/14km" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#14km</a> crossing but despite the reluctance they did cross and our arriving guests were on point to witness it! This dark-morph Booted Eagle passed by me as a group of Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Storks</a> powered out overhead on my way to pick-up the group! ...oh man It´s hard to leave this migratory magical flow! <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/MigMagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MigMagic</a> <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/avianaddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#avianaddiction</a>

IngloriousBustardsThe <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayHighway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayHighway</a> is lit! Yesterday we were once again in busy raptor traffic! The spectacular array of migrating <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Raptors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Raptors</a> from breeding ranges across Europe having to cross here into Africa is dazzling and they also attract their own fanbase from across Europe! Old friends from🇸🇪🇵🇱🇳🇱🇪🇸🇵🇹🇮🇹🇫🇷🇬🇧 all coming together to marvel in <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> here at the epicentre of <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#migration</a>.When will we see you?😉<a href="https://ingloriousbustards.com/strait-birding-cetaceans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ingloriousbustards.com/strait-birding-cetaceans/</a>

IngloriousBustardsThe wind dropped to a moderate levante and the flood gates opened! .....In the face <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>! Booted and Short-toed Eagles dominated the migratory flow as European Honey Buzzards continued to flow higher overhead and Egyptian Vultures cut low in an intense flow of thousands of soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a>Carefully positioning ourselves enabled us to get in-the-face views as we immersed ourselves in jaw-dropping <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> scenes!.....today more!

IngloriousBustardsAs a beast of a <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/levante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#levante</a> wind kicks in and closes the departure gate for soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a> in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a> it´s <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Wheatear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wheatear</a> fest down-town!Both adult male Western Black-eared and Northern <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Wheatears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wheatears</a> in their finest splendour arriving at the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#migration</a> party! Black Storks, Black Kites, Booted and Short-toed Eagles and European Honey Buzzards wait for calmer conditions as they form swirling mesmerising masses over the heads of our guests 😊 <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsThe flow of migratory soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a> continues and with careful positioning we have been right in the flow of this migration party!Experiencing thousands of soaring Egyptian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vultures</a>, Booted and Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, Montagu´s and Marsh <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Harriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harriers</a>, Black Kites and Black and White <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Storks</a> all coming together overhead to make the challenging crossing of The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a>. Awesome <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>!

IngloriousBustardsThe flow of European Honey Buzzards continues as a beautiful spectacular storm swept across The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a> and the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/HoneyTrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoneyTrain</a> was briefly held-up ! But not for long as thousands of them flooded through the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/14km" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#14km</a> divide and right over our collective heads!<a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsA flow of over 128,000 soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a> crossed The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a> this week with 59,370 European Honey Buzzards, 40,079 Black Kites, 22,792 White Storks, 3,428 Booted Eagles, 1,498 Short-toed Eagles among others!Some of the other smaller travellers were also encountered by our guests on their own journeys with bushes hopping with Spotted Flycatchers and Common Redstarts and resident Common Firecrest feeding among their new nomadic neighbours! <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsOur guests have been enjoying some magical <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> here at the epicentre of migration in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Straits</a> !A near constant flow of European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, shadowed by the ever flowing Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kites</a>, increasing numbers of Booted and Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, Egyptian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vultures</a>, Montagu’s <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Harriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harriers</a>, Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Storks</a> with dazzling arrays of White Storks in their thousands ! This IS the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#migration</a> party to be at !Here a migrating Booted Eagle takes a swerve to check us out ☺️

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