Dust in my eye

Today was just like yesterday: a great day! We had good numbers of birds with the bulk being Chiffchaffs again.  Amongst the chiffchaffs we had other cool species too. I will name them in the list below. Raptor migration was allright, with 62 Steppe Eagles, 9 Steppebuzzards, 1 Black Stork and 3 Pallas' Gulls. Quails were conspicuous wiht several flushed during net rounds. 

 Pallas' Gulls

One of many Steppe Eagles

Ringing totals:

Balkan Warbler 1 -

Barn Swallow 4 -

Chiffchaff 58 - 6

Collared Dove 2 -

Common Whitethroat 5 - 1

Cretzschmar's Bunting 3 - 

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 2 -

Eastern Orphean Warbler - 2

House Martin 4 -

House Sparrow 4 - 1

Lesser Whitethroat 14 - 1

Penduline Tit 1 -

Reed Warbler 1 -  

Rueppel's Warbler 2 -

Sardininian Warbler 1 - 1

Spanish Sparrow 7 - 1

Swift 1 -

White Wagtail 1 -

White-spectacled Bulbul 1 - 5

Woodchat Shrike 1 -

Total 120 new 18 recaps

20 species

 Cretzchmar's Buntings, >2cy female on left, 2cy male on right

 Penduline Tit, male

 Black-eared Wheatear, adult male, dark-throated

 Black-eared Wheatear, 2cy male, pale-throated

Woodchat Shrike, adult male