StewB
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Thanks Cristina!
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Mallorca 2017 (6 Viewers)
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Thanks Cristina!
Mike Montier
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A very happy morning at the Cap with one Montagu's Harrier being the star bird. Two Bonelli's eagles together (one adult male and an immature female), a group of about 30 Bee-eaters, a migrant Kestrel and two Marsh Harrier plus local Red Kite, Eleanora's falcon, Peregrine, Booted Eagle and Common Buzzard. Also Grey Heron on the move, three Wheatear, twenty Turtle doves, Spotted flycatchers and a Pied flycatcher. Mike
Mike Montier
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25 Honey Buzzard through the Cap this morning, a glorious sight. Also a few migrant Marsh Harrier and Kestrel, a possible Hobby, local Common Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite and Booted eagles. Mike
AWESOME !
Mike Montier
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The possible Hobby has now been confirmed from photos, Mike
Josep Manchado
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Mike Montier
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Thanks Pep, it's been a great weekend and I look forward to many more before the end of the migration. Mike
woodchester
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Bit quite up north of the island,
Salbufera, L Bittern G W Egret, Flamingoes 16, Spotted Reds 32, Greenshank 9, Marble Ducks 6, Nightingales 5, Avocets 30.
Sillots Muro.
Little Stints 5,
Depuadora
Wood Sands 5, Green Sands 12, Common Sands 9, Hoopoe's 16, all in the corner of one field.
Son Real
Turtle Dove.
Steve.
Salbufera, L Bittern G W Egret, Flamingoes 16, Spotted Reds 32, Greenshank 9, Marble Ducks 6, Nightingales 5, Avocets 30.
Sillots Muro.
Little Stints 5,
Depuadora
Wood Sands 5, Green Sands 12, Common Sands 9, Hoopoe's 16, all in the corner of one field.
Son Real
Turtle Dove.
Steve.
Mike Montier
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I spent a very happy hour sitting in a friend's garden watching twenty Bee-eaters flying around so close I could almost touch them. What fabulous birds they are, swooping and diving all around the low vegetation then resting in the trees to consume their prey.
Bee-eaters often linger in the valleys for a few days before departing south. Lots of flocks are around at the moment. Mike
Bee-eaters often linger in the valleys for a few days before departing south. Lots of flocks are around at the moment. Mike
A morning at the Cap with little to report other than 3 Red Kites, 2 Booted Eagles, a Marsh Harrier, all locals it seems from behaviour, then two separate flocks of Bee-eaters, lots of Kestrels (20+)...It seems the Honey Buzzards are only available for weekend entertainment. Granted, the winds were very lights and Southwesterlies to Westerlies over the Gulf de Lyon, so probably not the best timing.
I went to Villafranca on the way home and there too were over 20 Kestrels. I assume the numbers are inflated by migrants as the birds seem to disappear quite quickly as they move on. I unfortunately could not find any hidden gems in the fields there, aka Dotterels as per Mike's previous post.
I went to Villafranca on the way home and there too were over 20 Kestrels. I assume the numbers are inflated by migrants as the birds seem to disappear quite quickly as they move on. I unfortunately could not find any hidden gems in the fields there, aka Dotterels as per Mike's previous post.
Mike Montier
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Thanks for posting Patrick, I was at the other end of the road to the Cap this morning and there was very little doing, just one young Honey Buzzard through and one flock of Bee-eaters. A few local birds too but as you say, the winds were not favourable. Sorry about the Dotterel too, they all seem to be on Menorca at the moment. I believe some storms are on the way which should liven things up a bit. Mike
Mike Montier
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Ps. The one Honey Buzzard was heading south but just west of the Cap so it may not have been in view for you. Mike
StewB
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Crikey it's hot! Arrived at Puerto Pollenca late morning and waited until mid afternoon before venturing out. At the Albufereta the hybrid western reef heron was in what's left of the water in the torente mouth, two purple herons were on the pools from the tower, but other than a hoopoe in the pines there was little else of interest.
At Ca'n Cuarassa there were a dozen or so cattle egrets - several riding around on the backs of sheep! A juvenile woodchat was in the trackside bushes, and an Eleanor's' came batting over the marsh, heading north.
There were 14 shags and 6+ Audoin's gulls with the gull flock on the offshore "reefs" off the beach at Puerto Pollenca.
Will post a couple of photos separately.
Great to be back!
Stew
At Ca'n Cuarassa there were a dozen or so cattle egrets - several riding around on the backs of sheep! A juvenile woodchat was in the trackside bushes, and an Eleanor's' came batting over the marsh, heading north.
There were 14 shags and 6+ Audoin's gulls with the gull flock on the offshore "reefs" off the beach at Puerto Pollenca.
Will post a couple of photos separately.
Great to be back!
Stew
Mike Montier
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Hi Stew and welcome back to Mallorca. It has cooled down quite a lot recently, you should have been here a couple of weeks ago, it's been a scorching summer. Storms coming Thursday as far as I can see which should bode well for Friday! Mike
Thanks Mike,
How do you mean the other end of the road, you mean by Ses Salines village? I was about 500m up from the lighthouse and could not have seen anything going over much beyond Es Caragol beach or further west.
The winds are going back to the Northwest by Thursday so I will have another go.
How do you mean the other end of the road, you mean by Ses Salines village? I was about 500m up from the lighthouse and could not have seen anything going over much beyond Es Caragol beach or further west.
The winds are going back to the Northwest by Thursday so I will have another go.
Mike Montier
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I was in a house at the very end of the road where it meets the main road to Ses Salines. The views are good but the Cap is better. It was a social visit but I spent the whole time watching the sky. I don't think I will ever get invited again. The winds look good for the end of the week, lots of birders will be there at the weekend, especially Sunday. Good luck. Mike
woodchester
Member
At can cuarassa this morning 8 purple Heron's, probably double figures.
Sillots Muro, temminck stint, little stint, curlew sand plus the regulars.
Depuadora 17 green 9 wood and 4 common Sands.
Steve.
Sillots Muro, temminck stint, little stint, curlew sand plus the regulars.
Depuadora 17 green 9 wood and 4 common Sands.
Steve.
Mike Montier
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Philip is on the Island at the moment and he reports 6 Red-rumped swallows in Calviá. As he saw double figures of this species all last summer, I suspect they may be breeding somewhere nearby.
He also counted 36 Marbled duck at Albufera, I don't remember ever hearing of such a large number together before. Mike
He also counted 36 Marbled duck at Albufera, I don't remember ever hearing of such a large number together before. Mike
