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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eddy the eagle" data-source="post: 3055842" data-attributes="member: 111291">I have been out all day with friends Glyn and Val from the UK,breakfast at San Pablo de Buciete and then throught the  woods at Gaucin station not many birds seen, many jays, lots of chaffinches and one hoopoe.Out on the other side and on the Cortes de la Frontera to Ubrique road where we stopped and searched the mountainsand fields.Plenty of Griffons in and around the mountain ridges,a couple of common kestrels,a short toed eagle hunting at a great height and a very nice female monty quartering the fields for at least 1/2 an hour.Through Ubrique and on the Grazalema road stopped for lunch at a picnic area where we saw two Egyptian vultures together with griffons,many bee eaters, abooted eagle and a short toed eagle.Our target birds today were Bonelli´s and possibly Golden eagle which I have seen in the area previously but today were elusive.Not many other birds on our return journey with no Alpine swifts at Grazalema,but the scenery was stunning and the sky the brightest blue with temperatures in the low 30´s throughout.At Jimena de la Frontera went down to the river at Marchinella and surprised a black stork who had caught a fish this is my first post nuptial black stork of the summer so the small detour was worth it.Thank you John for the map of sites and I have heard that today most birds were seen between 9 and12.Reports of a Ruppel near to Cazalla and a roller at the Cepsa garage on the N340 at Tarifa.Kind regards to all look out for the red Kia as I amout and about most days...Eddy.</blockquote>

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