One of the standout #shorebirds of any tour here in The #Gambia is the stop-the-clock gorgeous Egyptian #Plover - we ended up venerating 14 different amazing individuals!
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White-throated Bee-eater ©️Inglorious Bustards
Blue-breasted Kingfisher ©️Inglorious Bustards
Goliath Heron ©️Inglorious Bustards
White-backed Night Heron ©️Inglorious Bustards
Among the marshes and mangrove creeks of The #Gambia there are ornithological gems to be encountered and marvelled - here are some of them we encountered yesterday ☺️
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White-throated Bee-eater, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Goliath Heron and juvenile White-backed Night Heron😊
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Giant Kingfisher © Inglorious Bustards
Blue-bellied Roller © Inglorious Bustards
Malachite Kingfisher © Inglorious Bustards
Little Bee-eater © Inglorious Bustards
Of all the amazing #Bird groups here in The #Gambia, the #Coraciiformes are among some of the most striking, and here are some of them we have already had joyous encounters with!
#FlywayBirding #Birding #AfricanBirds #africanature
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Spanish Imperial Eagle ©️ Inglorious Bustards
Crested Tit ©️ Inglorious Bustards
Goldcrest ©️ Inglorious Bustards
Storm #Claudia brought record Leach's Petrels to The #Straits this week!
We ventured north with Spanish Imperial Eagle on the edge of the storm on the #Llanos and an awesome encounter with the largest Dendrocopos Woodpecker - White-backed Woodpecker in northern forests
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The local #Vulture colonies are jumping at the moment with young Griffon Vultures making their way to The #Straits to cross to Africa!
Among the masses we found two critically endangered vagrant immature Rüppell´s #Vultures ! #FlywayBirding
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Our guests were under c.5 metric tonnes of Griffon Vultures gathering overhead to cross The #Straits yesterday!
556 Griffon Vultures crossed with Egyptian Vulture, Short-toed Eagles, Booted Eagle, Osprey and a juvenile European Honey Buzzard.
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This ringed Caspian #Tern we encountered recently on our #BirdingTwoContinents #Tour on the fabled Merga Zerja lagoon in #Morocco was ringed as a chick on the Kvädö peninsula in Sweden! 3,101km away, 7 years and 118 days before our observation!
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Arrival day for our guests yesterday and our first area to explore on our #Ronda and The #Straits tour is the #mountains!
Here we were greeted by masses of Black #Redstarts and White #Wagtails seeking lower altitudes.
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Maghreb Owl © Inglorious Bustards
Maghreb Owl © Inglorious Bustards
We encountered with glee on our #BirdingTwoContinents tour this week the stunning 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐛 𝐎𝐰𝐥!
On mtDNA it has been shown to be sister to the fairly genetically homogeneous Tawny Owl of Europe. This species is darker and markedly larger than Tawny Owl with a 20% bigger wingspan.
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The Straits keep on giving. Thank you to @ingloriousbustards.bsky.social. And for @birdingthestrait who helped discover new places. Love the magic of the Straits
sprinkled on people for the first time. A small pass of 600+ White Storks . Regarged ❤️ #flywaybirding #migratorybirds #espana #birding
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Booted Eagle © Inglorious Bustards
European Honey Buzzard © Inglorious Bustards
European Honey Buzzard © Inglorious Bustards
European Honey Buzzard © Inglorious Bustards
With a moderate to strong levante we positioned ourselves at the sweet spot where those attempting the crossing would come low over us.
European Honey Buzzards, Booted & Short-toed #Eagles, Egyptian #Vultures, Montagu´s #Harriers + more, a spectacular #FlywayBirding experience for our guests!
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Curlew Sandpiper © Inglorious Bustards
Common Ringed Plover © Inglorious Bustards
Little Stint © Inglorious Bustards
Northern Wheatear © Inglorious Bustards
The levante kicked in and so we took ourselves to the Western side of The Straits among an ever increasing passage of #Shorebirds
In the campo Pied and Spotted Flycatchers, Common Redstarts and Northern Wheatears arrive on their own journey! #FlywayBirding
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Yesterday our guests were out in The #Straits as migratory raptors crossed over Long-finned Pilot Whales and Bottlenose Dolphins, our lunch spot was swarmed with migrating European Bee-eaters and a late afternoon encounter with the ultra rare - 2 Rüppell´s Vultures!😎
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Adult Rüppell´s Vulture © Inglorious Bustards
Short-toed Eagle © Inglorious Bustards
European Honey Buzzard © Inglorious Bustards
Western Black-eared Wheatear © Inglorious Bustards
What a day of superb #FlywayBirding our guests had y´day!
A flow of migratory mayhem with European Honey #Buzzards flowing overhead + Booted and Short-toed Eagles, Black Kites, Egyptian #Vultures, Montagu´s & Marsh #Harriers, an Eurasian Goshawk! Finally encountering the adult Rüppell´s Vulture 😎
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Just back from a fabulous week, #FlywayBirding with @ingloriousbustards.bsky.social. With wave after wave of migrating Eagles, Vultures, and White Storks over our heads,punctuated with the sights and sounds of bee-eaters.We were looked after really well by Tonk & Niki.Highly recommended trip. #Birds
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Last week’s S Spain #FlywayBirding hol with the wonderful @ingloriousbustards.bsky.social was truly memorable. An uplifting antidote to world madness & evil, & UK’s pitiful state of nature. Leaders Simon&Nikki top people! Highly recommended! Huge thanks! #UKBirding #birds
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Black Kite (3cy) © Inglorious Bustards
Black Kites © Inglorious Bustards
Welcome to the party !
European Honey Buzzard (adult male) © Inglorious Bustards
Welcome to the #migration party pal!
Today The #Straits was jumping!
Tens of thousands of Black Kites desperate to reach Africa took the leap alongside European Honey Buzzards, Short-toed & Booted Eagles and Egyptian Vultures with 2.255 White Storks cruising out over our heads!
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That Black Kite train just keeps rolling!
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The #Milanada is on!
After several days of powerful #levante winds a slight drop in the wind opened the departure gate across The #Straits and into Africa the sky a kaleidoscope of mesmeric migrating Black Kites as thousands upon thousands depart!
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White-rumped Swift © Inglorious Bustards
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin © Inglorious Bustards
Little Swift © Inglorious Bustards
Little Swifts © Inglorious Bustards
Our #SwiftWeekender tour has been going great! We encountered the speediest 2 White-rumped #Swift just overhead, organic vineyards full to the brim of glorious singing Rufous-tailed Scrub Robins and the absolute bedlam of the early morning Little Swift colony!
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Juvenile Black Kite © Inglorious Bustards
We have been watching the first Black #Kites now crossing The #Straits in fabulous jaw-dropping waves!
Some passing right over our guests heads where we have been able to fully appreciate the amazingly gorgeous juveniles making the perilous crossing for the first time.
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Rüppell´s Vulture © Inglorious Bustards
Egyptian Vulture © Inglorious Bustards
Lesser Crested Tern © Inglorious Bustards
Lesser Crested Tern © Inglorious Bustards
Y´day among the vibrant Griffon #Vulture colony & the ultra rare 𝐑𝐮̈𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥´𝐬 𝐕𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 leaving the roost + 2 Egyptian Vultures and squadrons of Griffon #Vultures
In the cool breeze of the #poniente at the coast where a surprise visitor dropped in - this 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐧!
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The first to arrive White #Storks and Black #Kites are already beginning to cross The #Straits!
Among the noisy and animated Collared #Pratincole colony yesterday these striking #Birds are a bonus for any visiting #Birder at this time of the year but soon they will also depart!
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Rüppell´s Vulture © Inglorious Bustards
European Honey Buzzard © Inglorious Bustards
Booted Eagle © Inglorious Bustards
Short-toed Eagle © Inglorious Bustards
Late #SpringMigration is still in flow with the last European Honey Buzzards and sub-adult #Eagles now arriving to scope out future breeding opportunities and of course we are still in amongst the flow with our guests!
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Gull-billed Tern © Inglorious Bustards
Whiskered Tern © Inglorious Bustards
Whilst watching two glorious displaying Little #Bustards this Gull-billed #Tern drifted right through our field of view!
Inland waterways also held glorious Whiskered #Terns drifting over a myriad of #Shorebirds as masses of Greater Flamingoes painted the lake pink!😊
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A magical day tour of #FlywayBirding this week !
Among the flow of European Honey #Buzzards arriving to Europe with 411 logged crossing in front and over us! Joined by the last arriving Short-toed and Booted #Eagles as Fin #Whales passed to the west underneath their crossings!
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Booted Eagle (dark morph) © Inglorious Bustards
Booted Eagle (pale morph) © Inglorious Bustards
Short-toed Eagle © Inglorious Bustards
The flow of migratory soaring #Birds continues dominated, by the peak flow of Booted Eagles, joined by the continued passage of Short-toed #Eagles and Black #Kites bolstered by Montagu´s and Marsh Harriers, Egyptian Vultures and the air full of European Bee-eaters migrating north!
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We have had some gorgeous day tours here this week!
Carefully selecting watchpoints ensured we have been in the thick of #FlywayBirding with Booted #Eagles dominating the crossing! joined by Short-toed Eagles, Black #Kites, Egyptian #Vultures and Montagu´s and Marsh #Harriers right in the face!
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Another fab day tour here of #FlywayBirding for our two guests from 🇩🇪
Now at the peak of Booted Eagle spring migration as over 500 passed just overhead.
Short-toed Eagles, Black #Kites and returning Griffon #Vultures also battled the divide and European Bee-eaters are suddenly everywhere!
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Last night and this morning thousands of Black Kites have been crossing with the gaps in the storms here in The #Straits
Alongside them Short-toed #Eagles, Egyptian #Vultures and Black #Storks now arrive with Pallid Swifts cruising in along the edge of the front!
#FlywayBirding
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