An Iberian Expedition

Azure-winged Magpie, Portugal, October 2015 ( Copyright T D Wright )

Azure-winged Magpie, Portugal, October 2015 ( Copyright T D Wright )

So where's he been? Well, I left it a little late in the year but I finally paid my first-ever visit to the Iberian peninsula, in a place where these 'Blue-winged Maggies' were ridiculously common. I took these photos from my apartment balcony- but more of that later! I'm back in Devon now and it's great to see large numbers of Redwings and Fieldfares about. Apparently there's a Caspian Gull on the estuary today too, so plenty of interest still on Patch. Just a week ago it was 'continental' Song Thrushes and Audouin's Gulls. More Portuguese posts to come!