A migrating male Marsh Harrier flying over the snowy mountain. Pic by G. Cumbo #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birdsofprey straitobservatory.com

The first male Pallid Harriers are passing at the Strait of Messina together with good numbers of Marsh Harriers #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birding #birdsofprey straitobservatory.com raptormigration.org

Yesterday a beautiful Lanner Falcon passed over our watchpoint at the Strait of Messina. Pic by M Cento #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdsofprey raptormigration.org

Who oh who will monitor the passage of 1,000,000 #raptors Batumi Raptor Count this autumn? Applications for the 12th Batumi Raptor Count are now open! Come and experience a jaw-dropping migration spectacle in a friendly environment. #ornithology #birdmigration #citizenscience

Today at the Strait of Messina one beautiful Imperial Eagle passed over our watchpoint!! #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birdsofprey raptormigration.org

Yesterday 11 Pallid Harriers passed over our watchpoint at the Strait of Messina together with lot of Marsh Harriers #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birdsofprey raptormigration.org

Yesterday an immature Lesser spotted Eagle passed close our watchpoint at the Strait of Messina. Great migration! #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birdsofprey straitobservatory.com

Today at the Strait of Messina, from our second watchpoint, we counted more than 200 #Raptors mostly Marsh Harriers but also 14 Pallid Harriers and a nice flock of Black Storks #ornithology #birds #birdmigration #birding straitobservatory.com

In the last days at the Strait of Messina weather was bad with rain, fog and few #raptors. But at least we observed some very confident migrating birds like the one in the picture #ornithology #birds #birdmigration

One more Imperial Eagle has passed yesterday at the Strait of Messina #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birdsofprey raptormigration.org

Sometimes a griffon #vulture cross the Strait of Messina moving between Sicily and continental Italy. Yesterday one of them passed over our watchpoint #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdsofprey straitobservatory.com

The view from watchpoint 2 at the Strait of Messina. Waiting for #Raptors #birding #BirdMigration #birdsofprey

Long - legged Buzzard at the Strait of Messina #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birdsofprey straitobservatory.com

Evidence of large‐scale range shift in the distribution of a Palaearctic migrant in Africa #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birdsofprey onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Yesterday at the Strait of Messina there was a first intense passage of Honey Buzzards with hundreds of individuals observed from our watchpoints straitobservatory.com/raptor-count/ #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birding #birdsofprey

Yesterday there was a new wave of Honey Buzzards at the Strait of Messina with 647 individuals counted from a single watchpoint straitobservatory.com #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birdsofprey

Great migration at the Strait of Messina! About 2000 honey buzzards passed yesterday over our main watchpoint straitobservatory.com/raptor-count/ #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birdsofprey

Last year we GPS-tagged this #EuropeanRoller who just came back from Namibia! Cannot convey how excited we are to have such precise data of this impressive 8000km trip. Dot colour is speed, red being faster (up to 100kph!). Found her with partner at old nestbox #birdmigration

Honey Buzzard building the nest central Italy #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdsofprey

Today a beautiful adult Egyptian #vulture passed at the Strait of Messina. Probably too late for breeding but a great sight in any case! Pic by Michele Cento #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birding #birdsofprey raptormigration.org