Simon Tonkin
@simontonkin
President of the Flyway Birding Association (http://www.FlywayBirding.com) and director / partner at http://ingloriousbustards.com
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On our recent #BirdingTwoContinents tour this adult female #Osprey flew over our boat in the middle of the fabled Merja Zerga lagoon in Morocco and we were able to read the colour ring. Thanks to @timmackrill of the @RoyDennisWF we now know that this Osprey was ringed by Roy…
This ringed Caspian #Tern we encountered recently on our #BirdingTwoContinents #Tour on the fabled Merga Zerja lagoon in #Morocco was ringed as a chick on the Kvädö peninsula in Sweden! 3,101km away, 7 years and 118 days before our observation! #FlywayBirding
Our second zone on our #BirdingTwoContinents tour and deep into the ornithologically under-explored #Rif #Mountains of #Morocco Mountain side cork #forests bustling with endemic wild Barbary #Macaques and Levaillant's #Woodpeckers. River valleys with Maghreb #Owls and…
The ethos behind Inglorious Bustards´ #NatureTourism has always been to use #travel to bring positive outcomes for #biodiversity in the places we visit and beyond. Our latest #sustainability report for 2021 - 2023 is now published: ingloriousbustards.com/2025/07/10/sus…
The flow of migratory soaring #Birds continues dominated, by the peak flow of Booted Eagles, joined by the continued passage of Short-toed #Eagles and Black #Kites bolstered by Montagu´s and Marsh Harriers, Egyptian Vultures and the air full of European Bee-eaters migrating…
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What are the #Nature spectacles that inspire you? Maybe it’s experiencing sheer weight of numbers that makes you feel uplifted and like you’re part of something bigger… Or an intimate moment of connection, spending time observing and understanding a #Bird or a behaviour……
6th record of White-backed #Vulture in #Spain ! #FlywayBirding wp.me/p7JNKq-4kr
The flow of European Honey #Buzzards continues in The #Straits y´day We hope to ID the project that this tagged individual is from. Field obs can help verify quantitive GPS data + efficacy of the tag. +Booted & Short-toed #Eagles, Black #Kites & returning Griffon #Vultures
This one of 2 (immature / 2º) Rüppell´s Vultures crossing The #Straits this week! At this minute over 250 Griffon Vultures are staging to cross The #Straits from the Jbel Moussa ! Alongside them 4 Rüppell´s and a White-backed Vulture! #FlywayBirding
The tagged White-backed #Vulture at the Jbel Moussa on the Moroccan coast of The #Straits looked to attempt to cross into Europe today but bottled it! STILL 2 White-backed & 4 Rüppell´s Vultures tantalising close Europe! Over 600 Griffon Vultures (pic) were less hesitant !
#Fab #Birding for guests for our guests from 🇳🇱&🇧🇪y´day! Balearic Shearwaters to the #Med, White Storks crossing the #14km, #migratory #Shorebirds, Northern Bald Ibis, Common Cranes, Black-winged Kite, Osprey, Short-eared Owl & Bonelli´s Eagle + homage to the Little Buntings!
#Spring #mig is on ! First groups of White #Storks crossing The #Straits back into #Europe these last few days and even individual Black #Kites ! These 2 White Storks in a group of 80 over us here in #Facinas y’day tracked coming across the #14km from #Morocco to #Tarifa
📢#Breaking: New Report Shows Widespread Population Declines of African #Raptors. The paper prepared by an international team of researchers was published in @NatureEcoEvo today. Learn more here➡️ cms.int/en/news/new-re…
Amazing eve spectacle at the nearby rice fields with over 1,000 Glossy #Ibis flying at us as the sun set! + White #Storks, Great White #Egrets and Common #Cranes as Black-winged #Kites drifted by and Bluethroats scuttled by! + Spotted Redshanks, Wood Sandpipers, Ruff y más !
Arrival day for our guests from @naturetrektours in the flow of migratory Booted #Eagles Moving slightly inland to intercept more #Raptors pushed into the valleys by the wind, a group of low flying Griffon #Vultures passed over us + this vagrant #Rüppell´s Vulture in the party!
Got that #Migration #FOMO? We have last-minute spots for you on our #Ronda & The #Straits #tour combining awesome views of late autumn migration and mountain #Birding More info: ingloriousbustards.com/the-unknown-vu… or email [email protected] #FlywayBirding
Whilst the #migratory flow continued over our assembled heads, a dead cow fed over 80 Eurasian Griffon Vultures near our watchpoint and this #vagrant Rüppell’s Vulture drifted in to our view for guests from @YCNature Offshore 4 Fin Whales cruised to the west ! #FlywayBirding
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