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...
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| Balearic Warbler |
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| Crag Martin |
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| Blue Rock Thrush |
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| Peregrine |
And a few landscapes taken on my phone...
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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! |
