The South Livingstone Raptor Count for the fall migration of 2008 has now begun. First official day of counting began on 25th August 2008. Follow the daily movement of raptors on this blog updated daily by Peter Sherrington.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

August 28 [Day 4] (Joel after 1200) The wind was mainly from the W all day gusting to 45 km/h in the morning and over 60 km/h in the afternoon, with the temperature reaching 11.5C from a low of 6C and generally 50-70% mainly cumulus and altostratus cloud cover providing good observation conditions. Once again, however, there was little by way of raptors to observe with only three juvenile migrants tallied: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Golden Eagle and the first migrant Northern Goshawk of the season. Passerine movement was also relatively subdued but included the first 2 American Pipits of the season in the afternoon. 12 hours (46) SSHA 1 (3), NOGO 1 (1), GOEA 1 (5) TOTAL 3 (12)

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