I thought I had one today at Lourdes-Tarbes Airport as the plane was taking off but obviously not seen too well from aboard the accelerating aircraft! Is anyone aware of previous sightings at this airport? It’s not so far from Pau where I’ve heard they’ve been seen. Distinctive bird and plenty of tourists (& birders?) must pass through here.
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Black-winged kite Lourdes Airport? (1 Viewer)
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John Cantelo
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I have no definitive knowledge of the area but a record from there really wouldn't come as a surprise.
RafaelMatias
Unknown member
Some very recent records just about 40km NE of Lourdes: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S42299864
https://ebird.org/map/bkskit1?neg=t...mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2018
https://ebird.org/map/bkskit1?neg=t...mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2018
MTem
Well-known member
Here's the Aquitaine distribution map for 2018
http://www.faune-aquitaine.org/index.php?m_id=30264
They are certainly well distributed in that area, but still not easy to find (I've failed up to now). One day ....
One poster on Gallery had one above his garden in the Lot, but ID'd it as a Kestrel.
http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=596867
Seems he did not read my pm or comment (nor anyone else) and I had to get a moderator to change the ID.
P.S. I commend the faune-aquitaine website to any birder visiting the area. Good source of info and a great place to log your sightings.
Mick
http://www.faune-aquitaine.org/index.php?m_id=30264
They are certainly well distributed in that area, but still not easy to find (I've failed up to now). One day ....
One poster on Gallery had one above his garden in the Lot, but ID'd it as a Kestrel.
http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=596867
Seems he did not read my pm or comment (nor anyone else) and I had to get a moderator to change the ID.
P.S. I commend the faune-aquitaine website to any birder visiting the area. Good source of info and a great place to log your sightings.
Mick
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Jonathan Williams
Well-known member
I wouldn't be remotely surprised, their stronghold in France is in the SW and they are spreading slowly north and seemingly increasing at a steady rate as you can probably imagine from all the records in the netherlands etc etc. I've even found one where I live near Verdun in November 2009 so they're a species very much on the up.
Mark Lew1s
My real name is Mark Lewis
It’s pretty difficult not to see them at Pau airport, so I wouldn’t be too surprised if they were at Lourdes too.
rosbifs
PutAin STOP
We drop into a bit of a black hole here for observations - funnily enough the airport at Lourdes is the current limit of the LPO Aquitaine site. It doesn't cover Lourdes, my valley or Bagneres. I was told that a new faune-france site was being constructed where we would exist!
As for the distribution of BS Kites - Pau is our best nearest site (just because its signposted) but the northern end (record for me 12 birds around and over airport). The traditional stronghold is Pau north to Aire sur Adour and east to Vic. Birds are no longer counted or monitored here as numbers of pairs have passed 200....
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dragnil
The glass is half full, but the bottle is empty.
I wonder if that is why I'm finding it impossible to enter a sighting ...
I've logged in but it's not very user friendly and the Help pages don't appear when selected.
I'm on: https://www.faune-aquitaine.org/index.php?m_id=10&backlink=rset&taxo_group=o
but can't make any progress.
I've logged in but it's not very user friendly and the Help pages don't appear when selected.
I'm on: https://www.faune-aquitaine.org/index.php?m_id=10&backlink=rset&taxo_group=o
but can't make any progress.
