Friday 24 August, sunny, light W-NW wind, 35C: The change of wind direction in the past couple of days has cleared the haze from the sky but there's no let up in the temperatures with the unfiltered sun feeling hotter than ever. The westerly wind seems to have pushed most of the raptor migration eastward and as such there has been very little visible from Gaucin; today there were a couple of small groups of Honey Buzzard high over the northern end of Sierra Crestellina (just about visible in the 'scope!) with 22 at 1850hrs and 13 at 1910hrs.