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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Simon Wates" data-source="post: 3070878" data-attributes="member: 73606">Gonçalo, yes - the fog covered Lagos to Sagres - though by around 10am the birding was more productive as the sea mist gradually cleared.Today - from Cabo de São Vicente we watched 4spp of shearwaters flying, swimming and plunge diving - all at very close range - down to around 100m from the cliffs; lots (30+) Balearic, a few Cory's, some 4-5 Sooty and one Great Shearwater. Excellent views indeed, almost like on a pelagic. Raptors were slow though we managed very nice views of a couple of Honey Buzzards, a few Black Kites, around 10 Short-toed Eagles and a couple of Booted, 3 Peregrines and Montagu's Harrier. More distant were a Goshawk and and an unindentified falcon, which I guess was a Hobby. Migrant passerines in the last two mornings have included Sand Martins, Tawny Pipits, Yellow Wagtails, Wheatears, Reed Warblers, Subalpine, Spectacled, Melodious, Willow and Western Bonelli's Warblers, Nightingales, Redstart and lots of Pied and Spotted Flycatchers. Little Bustards and Stone Curlews are showing well not far from Cabranosa too.132. Black Stork (M) - first of the season yesterday.133. Sparrowhawk (M)(W) - ditto134. White Wagtail (M)(W) - ditto135. Oystercatcher (M) - migrant flock of 18 going south past the cape.</blockquote>