A few odds and sods from Fuerteventura the week before Ken! (1 Viewer)

Been all round the houses researching: Jane's Sticky, Opus, Internet, books, previous pix etc, and I suspect as usual, once I know the answer, I'll know what the question should have been...! So, came in to ask your advice, and there's Ken's post on Fuerteventura! Hope you had as wonderful a time as I did, Ken.

1) Taken on Los Lobos, a nature sanctuary offshore from Corralejo - volcanic rock, sand, desert, scrub - is this a Berthelot's Pipit (mindful of Ken's post here...)?
2) The beak and the legs don't sit with my usual suspects - could this be a grey plover?
3) Been reading up on some of the changes with grey shrikes - Southern Grey, Desert, Koenigi or not...?
4) Think Whimbrel, but not great between this and Curlew - shorter beak, crown patch, eye stripe...?
5) Re the gull, was fairly easy with Yellow Legged until I ventured once more into the Gull World - now happy to settle for "It's a gull"...not really, but confusing!

I did try to do this on my own, but don't want to get it wrong - grateful for any advice. Do hope the pix are attached properly...

Thanks

Ian

Correct on all counts, believe the shrike is koenigi.

dwatsonbirder said:

Correct on all counts, believe the shrike is koenigi.

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Many thanks Daniel - all of these are life ticks for me. Don't get many of these in Glasgow!

Yes! Concur with Daniel Muso! Am glad you enjoyed your trip...a great place! Glasgow too (my Mother’s home town). :t:

KenM said:

Yes! Concur with Daniel Muso! Am glad you enjoyed your trip...a great place! Glasgow too (my Mother’s home town). :t:

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Thanks for confirmation Ken. A definite change from Glasgow to be wandering about without a jacket in January! Sounds like you enjoyed it too.

Ian

Whimbrel: a common bird on the canary islands as opposed Curlew.
Eye strip evident in this photo. Bill shape different to that of Curlew.

kasfig said:

Whimbrel: a common bird on the canary islands as opposed Curlew.
Eye strip evident in this photo. Bill shape different to that of Curlew.

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Excellent! Thanks Kasfig.

Ian