Gaucin walks
July fizzled & sizzled out with nothing spectacular to report in the Gaucin area. The days are now long and hot so any birding done has to be early morning or later evening. over the last 6 days I have walked The Punta Umbria woodlands 3 times and the Camino de Gibraltar twice.
The only bird still singing is the Bonelli's Warbler, even the Blackcaps have shut up shop for now. No migrant movements have been noted except the reduction in the number of local swifts and a more frequent Bee-eater flyovers.
Recent sightings include: Eurasian Sparrowhawk (the first one for me this summer, seen just below the village on the camino Gibraltar. It is good to see lots of family parties of local breeding birds such as: Eurasian Jay, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Short-toed Treecreeper, Crested Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Cirl Bunting and martins and Swifts. Breeding Barn Swallow numbers seem to down this year and I haven't seen Red-rumped Swallow whilst on the Camino de Gibraltar.
Red-throated Bee-eater
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