Simon Elliott
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Waiting for Simon Wates to post about the Sagres festival of birds this October, mainly because I'm finally going to get there this year http://www.birdwatchingsagres.com/EN/
I'm finally going to get there this year http://www.birdwatchingsagres.com/EN/
... usually its still summertime weather in October so ideal for the birder with a non-birding partner too.
Who needs a non-birding partner to be attracted by summertime weather?
My main targets are Honey Buzzards as despite a really good year for them in Yorkshire I've yet to get a good sighting.
I'll be more than happy if the pelagic is half as good as last year - grey phalarope, Cory's, sooty and great shearwaters, Wilson's and European storm-petrel, and great skua...I'm not anticipating too much this year, but a Balearic or two would be nice!
Grey Phalarope out there on the ocean is a special treat
It certainly was! (albeit a bit beyond the range of my 300mm - attached is heavily cropped...)
Veering slightly off-topic, my partner (who travelled out Sunday) just called from Santa Luzia sea front to tell me she's just seen the same colour-ringed common ringed plover we saw in 2014 and 2016...originally ringed as an adult female in NW Iceland in 2010. It seems extremely site-faithful to its wintering area, other birders have reported it from the same small area.
How is the raptor movement today Simon????