News from the Strait of Messina

Not only soaring birds migrate at the Strait of Messina but also several songbirds moving mostly during the night. During the last full moon night we made a session of moon watching and, of course, our radars are tracking songbirds every night. 

Here in the pictures below a wonderful picture of a northern wheatear taken by Miguel Gonzalez and a shot of the moon watching night.

News from the Strait of Messina

The migration is slowing down, and every day less raptors are observed. However from our Calabrian watchsite was observed a wonderful individual of Lesser-spotted Eagle moving toward north. 

News from the Strait of Messina

Here below some pictures (by Giovanni Cumbo) of a flock of about one hundred White Storks which was observed two days ago at the Sicilian side of the Strait of Messina.

News from the Strait of Messina

Here at the Strait of Messina Honey Buzzards are passing between one storm and another. Yesterday in a break during the rain we counted more than 1500 raptors passing mostly toward the Tyrrhenian coast. Here below a nice picture (by Juan Ramirez) of Red-footed Falcons perched on a wire close the radar station. 

News from the Strait of Messina

Today was a beautiful migration day here at the Strait of Messina. We counted more than 1000 migrating raptors, most of them were Honey Buzzards but we observed 10 different species of raptors and in particular dozens of Red-footed Falcons. White and Black Storks, Bee-eaters migrated at the site. Also the two nights before were very good for bird migration and we detected thousands passerines with our radars. In the picture below a screenshot of birds tracked by the radar.

Meeting at the Strait of Messina

News from the Strait of Messina

Yesterday a beautiful Imperial Eagle immature has passed over the watchpoint of Mount San Leo on the calabrian side of the Strait of Messina. Here below the sight from this watchpoint.