We ended with a total of 105 species being seen during the week we were there. A great trip!
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Audouin's Gulls - adults and a second-summer.
Tawny Pipit
  
Kentish Plovers
   
Balearic Woodchat Shrike
 
Thekla Larks
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Showing posts with label Audouin's Gull. Show all posts
Monday, 29 May 2017
Mallorca - Son Real...
On our final full day on Mallorca we visited the reserve of Son Real on the east coast, and enjoyed probably our favourite birding of the trip. Highlights included some confiding Audouin's Gulls on the beach and Tawny Pipits, Thekla Larks and Balearic Woodchat Shrikes on the heath. Both Scopoli's Shearwater and Balearic Shearwater were offshore as well. What made the reserve special in our opinion was the great mix of habitats; farmland, heathland, coastal scrub and then the beach.
We ended with a total of 105 species being seen during the week we were there. A great trip!
We ended with a total of 105 species being seen during the week we were there. A great trip!
Friday, 28 April 2017
Mallorca - Birding around Albufereta...
On the morning of day four we decided to have a short look at Albufereta, stopping at the pull in to C'an Cuarrassa on the way.
From the pull in, we were able to look back towards a large hotel and managed to pick up 5+ Spotless Starlings on the roof. Other birds around the small reserve here included a couple of Whinchats and iberiae Yellow Wagtails and our only Meadow Pipit of the trip.
At Albufereta itself a really nice selection of birds included 4 Stone Curlews sat on an island, a Redstart, Pied Flycatcher, Purple Swamphen and 2 more Spotless Starlings sat right alongside a Common Starling. We also got our best views of Booted Eagle of the trip and also had three more flyover Audouin's Gulls.
From the pull in, we were able to look back towards a large hotel and managed to pick up 5+ Spotless Starlings on the roof. Other birds around the small reserve here included a couple of Whinchats and iberiae Yellow Wagtails and our only Meadow Pipit of the trip.
At Albufereta itself a really nice selection of birds included 4 Stone Curlews sat on an island, a Redstart, Pied Flycatcher, Purple Swamphen and 2 more Spotless Starlings sat right alongside a Common Starling. We also got our best views of Booted Eagle of the trip and also had three more flyover Audouin's Gulls.
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| Spotless Starling - sat with a Common in the second photo. |
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| Booted Eagle being mobbed by a Yellow-legged Gull! |
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| Stone Curlew |
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| Iberian Yellow Wagtail |
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| The view from the watchtower at Albufereta |
Monday, 24 April 2017
Mallorca - Birding on the Formentor Peninsular
On day three of our holiday we visited the Formentor peninsular on the north east corner of the island. A really nice area which combined spectacular scenery, good birding and a nice beach!
Birding-wise our target was Balearic Warbler and again we were surprised how easy it was. We found a song-flighting male by the track up to the Talaia de Albercutx. The viewpoint here was also productive with a showy pair of Blue Rock Thrush, 2+ Crag Martins, a Booted Eagle and 3 Balearic Shearwaters offshore.
Working our way towards the lighthouse gave us several brookei Peregrines and a few Crossbills. The light house itself was actually quite quiet with just a couple of Crag Martins, though around the beach there were a lot of confiding Firecrests, and a Audouin's Gull flew along the beach - a welcome first for the trip though we were left wanting better views.
Next blog post will be about birding around Albufereta...
And a few landscapes taken on my phone...
Birding-wise our target was Balearic Warbler and again we were surprised how easy it was. We found a song-flighting male by the track up to the Talaia de Albercutx. The viewpoint here was also productive with a showy pair of Blue Rock Thrush, 2+ Crag Martins, a Booted Eagle and 3 Balearic Shearwaters offshore.
Working our way towards the lighthouse gave us several brookei Peregrines and a few Crossbills. The light house itself was actually quite quiet with just a couple of Crag Martins, though around the beach there were a lot of confiding Firecrests, and a Audouin's Gull flew along the beach - a welcome first for the trip though we were left wanting better views.
Next blog post will be about birding around Albufereta...
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| Balearic Warbler |
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| Crag Martin |
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| Blue Rock Thrush |
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| Peregrine |
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| Formentor beach |
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| Looking back towards Puerto Pollensa |
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| Looking back from the lighthouse |
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| Looking south from the point |
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| Balearic Warbler habitat! |
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