A last minute decision to fly to Tarifa for the weekend of my friend Laurence’s birthday, excellent dates for raptor migration and thousands of birds seen, with Sunday particularly the best day. I heard the numbers 8,000 5,000 and 15,000 pertaining to Honey Buzzards counted but how many we saw I dont know. It was a mega day in many ways with an unexpected event during abit of a lull in the afternoon . Co-finding a Blue cheeked Bee–eater, initially picked up calling but not to be seen anywhere (Its a call I have lodged into my head in the hope of one day finding back home). Amazingly Laurence picked it up perched distantly on wires in the valley below where we stood.
A nervous dash over to a tour group to borrow a scope and we got others onto the bird.
These photos were taken from the track alot closer to the bird, which after 15 mins of us getting down there joined a group of Bee-eaters and flew over the ridge out of sight.
Not sure how many records for Spain exactly, Im told less than 20. Hopefully the start of a great Autumn to come.
PERDIX BIRDER 

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