Spanish Imperial Eagle - Aquila adalberti
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More about Ray Tipper
Ray Tipper began his birding on the North Kent Marshes at the age if eleven. He left his native Britain in 1973 spending most of the next 22 years in Hong Kong. As a trustee of WWF he was intimately involved with its renowned Mai Po Nature Reserve. It was in Hong Kong that Ray turned to bird photography, which quickly became his major interest. He gained associateship of the Royal Photographic Society in 1990, and his photographs appear in journals and books throughout the world. Ray guides specialist birdwatching and bird photography tours and since 1997 has led more than 100 tours in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Madagascar. He now lives in the Algarve, where his intimate knowledge of its birds has been recognised by his appointment as Chairman of the Portuguese Rarities Committee.
Third year immature
Perhaps this is Iberia’s signature bird species. Believed to be extinct in North Africa, it now only breeds in Portugal and Spain having returned to the Alentejo in 2003 after an absence of some 20 years. In the 1960s the world population had fallen to just 30 pairs and although conservation measures have led to a recovery in fortunes, it remains one of the world’s rarest raptors with just 485 pairs known in 2016.
In most years a few juveniles are seen at Sagres during the height of the autumn raptor migration.
Adult
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