Raptor Migration Autumn 2002 at Falsterbo

Information from Falsterbo has been obtained from archives (Select Falsterbo then arkiv).

It has been another poor season for Honey Buzzard passage with only 3226 counted.

Table 1 below compares movements of Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus and Common Buzzard Buteo buteo.

Honey Buzzard: total for season 3226. Peak counts: 812 29th August, 724 2nd September.

Common Buzzard: total for season 8607 (by week 47). Peak counts: 1357 7th October, 959 6th October.

The Honey Buzzard movement peaks in weeks 35-36 (late August/early September) and the Common Buzzard movement peaks in week 41 (early October) 5 to 6 weeks later.

Week number

Honey Buzzard count

Common Buzzard count

Week ending

34

90

7

23-aug

35

1187

24

30-aug

36

1190

70

6-sep

37

647

384

13-sep

38

63

384

20-sep

39

41

719

27-sep

40

0

650

4-oct

41

0

4679

11-oct

42

0

0

18-oct

43

0

62

25-oct

44

0

814

1-nov

45

0

748

8-nov

46

0

46

15-nov

47

0

10

22-nov

Table 1: Comparison of Honey Buzzard and Common Buzzard Movements at Falsterbo in 2002

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