Excellent morning's birding in "Pigeon Valley" with lots and lots of
migrant passerines seen including at least 30
Spotted Flycatchers,
50
Blackcaps, 30
Common Redstarts, five
Garden Warblers, two
Red-backed
Shrikes and singles of
Icterine Warbler,
Common Nightingale,
Whitethroat
and
Lesser Whitethroat.
Other notables seen included five
Syrian Woodpeckers, at least four
pairs of
Western Rock Nuthatch, single
Rock Bunting, 30+
European
Bee-eaters, two
Long-legged Buzzards, a 3cy male
Marsh Harrier, two
Cetti's
Warblers and a single
Black Redstart.
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| Syrian Woodpecker |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Rock Bunting |
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| Common Redstart |
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| Long-legged Buzzard | |
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| juv Euro Bee-eater |
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| juv Red-backed Shrike |
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