Hides de Calera - (Day 5, AM) - 16.10.2025
The last day of the trip and hopefully it’s going to be “bop” overload. First up an early morning start and we’re off to an area of open country known n Spanish terms as “steep”. The hide location looks out over a vast open plain with endless sky’s with not a bop in sight, in from of the hide the setup comprising several large log piles with a single dead tree several hundred meters further away.
As the sun rises it washes the ground with a covering of short grass in a yellow glow, A lone Magpie is the first to arrive followed by a Common Buzzard, I’m thinking this a long way to come to see a Buzzard.
A female Marsh Harrier is next on the scene the numbers increasing by the second eventually maybe up to twenty present. I’m always amazed from what seem’s like as out of no where birds of prey with their incredible eye sight can see out a opportunity.
I’m looking for a shot that’s a little different with the harriers squabbling when a large bird of prey swoops in, it’s a Spanish Imperial Eagle not one but two both landing in the dead tree, ia male and a larger female, the male sporting not only several leg tags but also a GPS tracker on its back.
The action has attracted another bop, very wary and only viewing from a distance, it’s single Black Vulture. Cautiously clockwork like it walks closer to where the actions taking place, then takes to the air and departs.
Other birds of note, a Grey Heron strange sat in in an open plain with no water in sight, and a single Common Wheatear presumably on its way south.
This evening it’s a final session with Goshawk’s that can be more commonly seen in Spain, a fitting end to finish off the trip.
Spanish Imperial Eagle
Red Kite & Female Marsh Harrier
Black Vulture
Common Buzzard
Grey Heron
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