Richard Page-Jones

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Today on La Janda. A cracking Montagu's Harrier. @marcesherwood

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Valcargado in #cadizprovince is a wonderful place for #raptors. Juvenile Spanish and Bonelli’s together with the much more common Booted and Short-toed Eagle. Also a great migration corridor in a light Levante

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Great #raptor tussle over the fields near Conil #Cadizprovince. Montagu’s Harrier harassed by larger and faster Black Kite that eventually stole the prey.

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On Marismas de Trebujena. Spectacled Warbler singing boldly from fence alongside the track and surprisingly easy to see.

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In the beautiful vineyards of Primitivo Collantes on the Cordel del Fontanar near Chiclana de la Frontera, a newly arrived Rufous Bushchat in good voice in the spring sunshine.

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On the Camino del Lomo near Conil in #cadizprovince . The brisk Levante suddenly brought about 50 migrating #Honeybuzzard low overhead before spiralling up and heading north

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Travelling through La Serena in Extremadura. A wonderful place for steppe birds. Montagu’s Harrier, Collared Pratincole a fly past of Black-bellied Sandgrouse and a Golden Eagle.

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And lower down the slopes of La Covatilla, Bonelli’s Warbler and Sub-Alpine Warbler also singing and establishing territories.

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High on the slopes of #LaCovatilla the #Bluethroat has returned and this male is boldly setting out its territory from its singing posts. A wonderful sight and sound.

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#Firecrest, a scarce winter visitor, showing well in the winter sunshine in #SouthwarkPark. A lovely park and a great place for wildlife. #londonbirds

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Great to see this family of critically endangered #MarbledDuck on the Marismas de #Trebujena. A stronghold of this species and signs of recovery thanks to local conservation work.

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Being carefully watched by a Little Owl beside the track at #Valcargado.

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Two days of levante wind has brought a great raptor and passerine passage through Valcargado. Large numbers of Honey Buzzard and Red-rumped Swallow with the occasional Spotted Flycatcher and Sub-alpine Warbler.
#cadizprovince

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On the Camino del Lomo near Conil. A juvenile female and a juvenile male dark morph #montagusharrier. Lovely #raptors benefiting from local environmentally-friendly agricultural practices in #cadizprovince.

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Watching birds from the garden in #cadiz province. Iberian Green Woodpecker on the wire, Tawny Owl in the Stone Pine, a constant stream of noisy migrating Bee-eater overhead and the occasion juvenile Montagu’s Harrier.

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Close encounter with a Short-toed Eagle at Valcargado today.

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At the Celemin gates #cadizprovince watching the migration in a light poniente: over a thousand Stork hundreds of Black Kite, good numbers of Booted and Short-toed Eagle and this lovely female adult Montagu’s Harrier.

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Fabulous day with the raptors at Valcargado #cadizprovince. Booted and Short-toed Eagle and great views of an adult Spanish Imperial Eagle. Also a steady passage of Black Kite on the light levante.

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At about midday in #Cadizprovince hundreds of White Stork and Black Kite rose from the local woods and marshes, came low overhead on the warm levante before rising on the thermals and drifting south to the Estrecho and Africa.

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@Transpontine @LondonNPC @RSPBcllgroup Thank you. It’s great to see how well they have adapted to pipes in the Thames wall.

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Sand Martin bringing food to their young in the pipes in the Thames wall near the Old Salt Quay #Rotherhithe. A great example of adaptation of wildlife to the urban environment.

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Great views of a pair of Reed Warbler taking food to their nest in the Albion Channel #Rotherhithe. They popped out of the reeds onto the busy footpath to catch flies attracted by fox poo. Fascinating urban wildlife watching. #londonbirds