Being the only birder In a party of 4 adults,led to my birding being quite limited and add to that,the heat of between 36 and 39 degrees,was just little bit overbearing for someone from the north of Scotland,made the going difficult at times but here are some of the birds seen on my holiday to Puerto Pollenca.
14th of July; 7 Eleonora's Falcons flying off the cliffs below the Lighthouse at Formentor.
16th of July; 2 Purple Herons,Green Sandpiper,2 pair of breeding Great crested Grebes and various Egrets at Tucan Marsh.
3 Bee-eaters,a family of Kestrels,Red-rumped Swallow,Black winged Stilts,Common Terns,Black headed Gull and a scruffy looking Booted Eagle at the Depuradora.
A Woodchat Shrike family but no Spotless Starlings at Can Curassa. This day was spent In the fantastic company of well known resident birder Mike Montier.
17th of July; Cattle,Little,Great white Egrets and Night Heron on the trees by the Canal.Red knobbed Coots,Red crested Pochard,Purple Gallinules at the Bridge.Black winged Stilts,Kentish,Little Ringed,Ringed Plovers,Greenshank,Common Terns,Little Grebe and Great crested Grebe with youngster from Es Colombars Hide and Hoopoe at the Visitor Centre.All at S'Albufera Reserve.
22d of July; Blue Rock Thrush,Sardinian Warbler,Crag Martin,Stonechat family,Booted Eagle and a couple of Warblers,that were too fast for my eyes and disappeared Into the low bushes at Boquer Valley.
Everyday..! Audouins Gulls at Puerto Pollenca Beach,especially late afternoon/early evening after the sun worshippers had left.Also Spotted Flycatchers everywhere I went.
14th of July; 7 Eleonora's Falcons flying off the cliffs below the Lighthouse at Formentor.
16th of July; 2 Purple Herons,Green Sandpiper,2 pair of breeding Great crested Grebes and various Egrets at Tucan Marsh.
3 Bee-eaters,a family of Kestrels,Red-rumped Swallow,Black winged Stilts,Common Terns,Black headed Gull and a scruffy looking Booted Eagle at the Depuradora.
A Woodchat Shrike family but no Spotless Starlings at Can Curassa. This day was spent In the fantastic company of well known resident birder Mike Montier.
17th of July; Cattle,Little,Great white Egrets and Night Heron on the trees by the Canal.Red knobbed Coots,Red crested Pochard,Purple Gallinules at the Bridge.Black winged Stilts,Kentish,Little Ringed,Ringed Plovers,Greenshank,Common Terns,Little Grebe and Great crested Grebe with youngster from Es Colombars Hide and Hoopoe at the Visitor Centre.All at S'Albufera Reserve.
22d of July; Blue Rock Thrush,Sardinian Warbler,Crag Martin,Stonechat family,Booted Eagle and a couple of Warblers,that were too fast for my eyes and disappeared Into the low bushes at Boquer Valley.
Everyday..! Audouins Gulls at Puerto Pollenca Beach,especially late afternoon/early evening after the sun worshippers had left.Also Spotted Flycatchers everywhere I went.
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