Volunteering at Antikythira

Though the wind was strong today, we did get some flocks of honey buzzards. The forecast for tomorrow is for even stronger winds…let’s hope it’s wrong! More information: http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160831

Despite a slow start to the day, with strong NNW winds and high temperatures, at midday things changed for the better, with several flocks of honey buzzards flying overhead. So today was a good day . More details see link below: http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160830

Today finally sent some raptors our way! A small flock of honey buzzards and a new species for the season. Hopefully better days on the horizon. See link below: http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160829

The winds have dropped considerably today compared to the previous days. Some raptors were brave enough to dare the crossing, so we’re hoping many more are about to follow and fly over Antikythera in the next few days. More details, see link below: http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160828

The strong winds kept raptors away from Antikythera again, so not much to report from the island today. According to the weather forecast, the winds should drop as of tomorrow, so fingers crossed the sky will get nice and busy . More information see the link below: http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160827  

Today was similar to the previous days, with winds blowing stronger than ever…let’s hope the wind drops tomorrow and some raptors try to cross over Antikythera. More details: http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160826

The weather was even worse today, with heavy cloud and strong winds. Few raptors crossed today, and the few birds we saw were some residents trying desperatly to fly against the wind  and two  raptors trying to cross Antikythira. More details see link below: http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160825    

Though the conditions on the island made raptors crossing impossible today, the force of the easterlies was so strong, they made monitoring impossible as we could not hold the binoculars! More details see the link below: http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160824

Though the weather was similar to yesterday, visibility was rather low. Still, we did have some honey buzzard flocks and one new specie. For more details : http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160823

Calm winds created optimal conditions for raptors crossing the island today, sending flocks of up to sixty five birds our way. For  more details about the migration see the link below: http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1697/20160822