In recent years Ospreys have increased both as breeding birds and a wintering species in Cadiz Province. Their recolonisation as a breeding species was assisted by both a successful introduction programme and the proliferation of reservoirs (embalses) in recent decades. In 2009 Liz and I were fortunate to be shown the site where young birds were being 'hacked' into the wild by our good friend Luis-Mi Garrido Padillo. Breeding Ospreys are now easy to see on many reservoirs in the province and are now a familiar sight on coastal wetlands on passage and in winter. The results of the most recent survey of wintering Ospreys in Iberia have just been published. It found that just over 40% of Iberia's wintering Ospreys were found in Andalucia (and another 40% in Portugal) and, of these, the majority were found in Cadiz Province. Full details of this survey (in English and Spanish) can be found here.
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About me ...Hi I'm John Cantelo. I've been birding seriously since the 1960s when I met up with some like minded folks (all of us are still birding!) at Taunton's School in Southampton. I have lived in Kent , where I taught History and Sociology, since the late 1970s. I've served on the committees of both my local RSPB group and the county ornithological society (KOS). I also worked as a part-time field teacher for the RSPB at Dungeness. Having retired I now spend as much time as possible in Alcala de los Gazules in SW Spain. When I'm not birding I edit books for the Crossbill Guides series. CategoriesArchives
December 2024
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