Southbound Raptor Build Up on The Strait

Short-toed Eagles (and other migrants) have literally been stacking up, unable to cross The Strait of Gibraltar due to the force of the continuous easterly winds from the Mediterranean called the Levante or Levanter

Here are some of the photos taken during the last two days.
With the weather set to change there will be an exodus across The Strait of mainly Short-toed and Booted Eagles very soon.
















It appears that this bird sustained shotgun damages to its right wing


Over the parched terrain


Perched birds, waiting, hunting and preeening those important flight feathers