The South Livingstone Raptor Count for the fall migration of 2007 has now begun. First official day of counting began on 25th August 2007. Follow the daily movement of raptors on this blog updated daily by Peter Sherrington.

Monday, November 19, 2007

November 18 [Day 82] (Raymond Toal) The temperature range was only -1C to 1C and after moderate westerly winds early the winds again became light after 1000 with most of the day seeing 90-100% cirrostratus cloud. Apart from a few sightings of the resident family group of 2 adults and 1 juvenile Golden Eagle and a single hunting Northern Goshawk over Bluff Mountain at 1040 no migrant raptors were seen. This ends a 43 consecutive day count of migrant Golden Eagles involving 4466 birds between October 8 and November 17. 7 hours (892.5), no migrant raptors.

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