Sitting atop the cliffs outside of Tarifa today, we happily wiled away the final daylight hours of 2017 pretty much as we began, gazing out over the narrow stretch of water that separates Europe from Africa, at the epicentre of the East Atlantic Flyway! We were there in the hope of grabbing an extra coupleContinue reading “What a year!”
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You wait all morning then 9,000 turn up at once!
Rush hour for the East Atlantic Flyway started late yesterday, but Blimey, was it a busy one!
Raptors before the eyes
It’s a disconcerting feeling when you shut your eyes and you can still see hundreds of raptor silhouettes passing in front of them! We’ve spent the day volunteering with Fundacion Migres as part of their long-standing migration monitoring programne – we reckon this must be a common side effect! With very little wind, but heavyContinue reading “Raptors before the eyes”