Migration season and it's tough to find a second to spare to write anything here at all - so I thought I'd post a few pictures from the last week to give an idea of what's around at the moment ...
![Red Legged Partridge 2 2](/images/Red_Legged_Partridge-2-2.jpg)
Red-legged Partridges are ubiquitous, and this one escaped the Bonelli's Eagle we saw yesterday evening - which its mate did not ...
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Bee-eaters seem to be everywhere with the onset of some nice warm weather.
![Bee eater 2 3](/images/Bee-eater-2-3.jpg)
Trying to capture them in flight though is tricky, especially head-on!
![Great Bustard 2 4](/images/Great_Bustard-2-4.jpg)
Another tricky shot is a decent Great Bustard; they're very wary and we take pains not to spook them, so it helps to know where to look.
![Little Bustard 2931](/images/Little_Bustard-2931.jpg)
Easier to find at this time of year are Little Bustards as the males establish a limited territory to which they are faithful week after week - once found they can be re-found - but to catch them in mid-call is not so easy.
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Another species that is faithful to a fairly limited territory is Eurasian Wryneck, but a shot of one in the open like this usually takes hours of patience.
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Usually one spends hours staring into a jungle of twigs or leaves like this - and I only include this picture as there're two Wrynecks here if one looks carefully.
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Of course other species are a good deal easier to see, like this Audouin's Gull - one just has to be ready!
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Having the sun behind one helps, and Hoopoe's make an excellent subject.
![Great Spotted Woodpecker 2](/images/Great_Spotted_Woodpecker-2.jpg)
Great Spotted Cuckoos are also a favourite subject ...
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... and it's even better if they're enjoying themselves as well!
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Being prepared and ready for that chance in a million is the key, whether the shot is of colourful Rollers ...
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... or simply a flock of thousands of "boringly brown" Spanish Sparrows!