6 September 2023
The migration spectacle on the Strait of Gibraltar continues to be underway as hundreds of birds stretch their wings and fly to Africa. They may be able to see their purpose from the Eu facet however occasionally the wind is a brutal wall that forestalls their crossing. On 4 September the wind used to be proper and so they didn’t need to flap. Hundreds glided south to Morocco.
A few of the flocks have been loads of white storks (Ciconia ciconia), noticed on this tweet from Inglorious Bustards.
I am not crying you are crying!
Transferring energy of #FlywayBirding y´day
569 White Stork cruised out to Africa simply above us! 570 Eu Honey Buzzards, as 222 Booted Eagles, expanding numbers of Quick-toed Eagles & 274 Eu Bee-eaters dodged migrating Pallid & Not unusual Swifts! %.twitter.com/OxrulL3BZ2
— Inglorious Bustards (@Otis_inglorius) September 5, 2023
The storks making the crossing had nested in Western Europe and are heading for Sub-Saharan Africa for the wintry weather.
Fifty years in the past white storks have been extinct in maximum of Western Europe and this spectacle on the Straits died with the absent birds. Reintroduction techniques within the past due twentieth century introduced them again to a rising inhabitants of now 224,000 to 247,000 Eu white storks.
For individuals who lived throughout the lean years, their tears on the Straits are tears of pleasure.
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