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Category: Hoopoes, Great Bustards and more!

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Thursday was incredible; observing Great Bustards

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on March 5, 2016June 14, 2020

It isn’t often I am at a loss for words, but on one Thursday in March as we caught our first sight of the Great Bustards I could only stand there in awe.

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Pisco-de-peito-azul

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on September 30, 2015February 3, 2019

The excellent Aves de Portugal website says of the Bluethroat The observation of a Pisco-de-peito-azul…

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Shrike perched on fence
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A Watch of Shrikes

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on September 21, 2015February 3, 2019

Whilst not as rare as the Red-Backed Shrike, the Woodchat Strike is an uncommon sight…

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One for sorrow

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on August 14, 2015February 3, 2019

Two for joy, three for a girl . . .

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True to their name they do eat bees

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on May 31, 2015February 3, 2019

They also eat butterflies, hornets, dragonflies and other insects that fly.  I am talking of course about…

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Bee-eaters, Hoopoes and Swallowtails

  • by BeckyB of Winchester
  • Posted on May 25, 2014February 3, 2019

Up until last week our visits had all been in the winter, but we decided…

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