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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eddy the eagle" data-source="post: 3030506" data-attributes="member: 111291">Yesterday 14.07 saw the start of the Migres autumn count of southward migratory birds from the facilities of Cazalla,which by the way remain close but the area has been cleared of most of the tall vegetation and you won´t scratch your car driving up.1000 white storks and 60 black kites were seen.The storks which were mostly juveniles in gleaming fresh plumage made several attempts to cross in ideal conditions but were not seen to do so.The black kites went out of view in an easterly direction and were also not seen to cross.The reluctance of the storks to cross was in my opinion due to their nervousness on their first trip across water.As a result I went onto La Janda in the evening with a young Spanish film student with a view to seeing if the sorks had gone back to the rice paddies but onle about 200 wereseen.Whilst driving along the main track a kestrel size bird was seen to go into a bush and on further observation it turned out to be a juvenile greater spotted cuckoo the first one I have seen on it´s southward journey.On a sadder note 15 juvenile storks were electicuted late yeasterday on the Santuario Road out of Tarifa.Another bird was found alive but with two broken legs and this was taken to the rehabilitation centre.The department of the environment are investigating.Migres staff are manning Cazalla from 9 till 5 every day and as always welcome visitors for  a chat.....Eddy</blockquote>

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