News from the Strait of Messina

In the end today was another amazing day of migration! Our daily count: 2101 Honey Buzzards, 127 Marsh Harriers, 66 Black Kites, 3 Montagu's Harriers, 2 Ospreys and 1 Common Buzzard. Moreover 6 White Storks and lot of Bee-Eaters were observed migrating through the Aspromonte mountain.

News from the Strait of Messina

Yesterday about 1100 raptors were counted and today, up to now, 1300 individuals are migrating between the clouds. Mostly Honey Buzzards but also Black Kites, White and Black Storks, Marsh, Montagu's and some Pallid harriers. Among falcons, Kestrels, Lesser Kestrels and Hobbys. In the picture below, taken yesterday by Domenico Derrigo, a juvenile Osprey.

News from the Strait of Messina

In the last week thousands of raptors were counted from our watchpoints at the Strait of Messina. Most of them were Honey Buzzards but today the passage of Marsh Harriers has started. Among the other species we observed Black Kites, Booted Eagles, Short-toed Eagles, Ospreys, White Storks, Montagu's Harriers and one Pallid Harrier today.

News from the Strait of Messina

In the picture below a screenshot from our radar screen with a flock of 90 honey buzzards (highlighted by the red circle) passed today here at the Aspromonte mountain. They were flying fast with a strong tail wind support toward the Strait of Messina ahead of a storm.

August 2016 - Our field team!

Here in the picture below our field team working at the Strait of Messina.

News from the Strait of Messina

Here below the picture of a wonderful flock of 59 white storks passed yestarday afternoon over our radar station here at the Strait of Messina.

News from the Strait of Messina

In the last two days at least seven hundreds black kites were counted from our watchpoints in the Aspromonte mountain and moving toward the Strait of Messina. Other observed species were: honey buzzard, marsh harrier, short-toed eagle, white and black stork, kestrel and common buzzard. Moreover today it has been observed a wonderful roller.