Mallorca birds from 1st week in May this year (1 Viewer)

[Aliks]

Not very good images I'm afraid.
Bird 1: Seen in a wooded area between farms in SE of Mallorca
Bird 2: From S'Albufeira / albufereta marshes
Bird 3: Seen on the Island of Cabrera just off the Mallorca SE Coast

 

[KenM]

Looks like Spot Fly, Sand Martin and Chiffy to me.

Cheers

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,

I agree with Ken and Rotherbirder about the Flycatcher (although it surely has to the recently split Mediterranean/Balearic Flycatcher?) and the Sand Martin, but I struggle to see a confident Chiffchaff here. Do you have more pictures?

• I see a hard to judge pp, but it appears to be long
• head pattern with bold and long supercilum and "chiese-eyed"-jizz seems better for Willow Wabler
• I played with brightness levels, but I think leg-colouration is impossible to judge with confidence?

Yes, I would lean towards a Willow Warbler, but it least I need more pictures

 

[Aliks]

Thanks Ken, but just to clarify on the Sand Martin, do you mean riparia riparia? (aka Bank Swallow)

 

[Aliks]

Alexander - sadly I only got one shot of this bird. My main reason for keeping the photo is that it was the last shot of the entire trip.

Regarding the flycatcher, yes almost certainly the Mediterranean Flycatcher split.

I'll look again at the raw image tomorrow and try to bring out a bit more detail.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Yes, Ken means Sand Martin Riparia Riparia . I am sure (right Ken? You know, no offence)

 

[Aliks]

OK here is a retouched version of Bird 1 courtesy of Darktable, plus another blurred shot that might help.

 

[Rotherbirder]

Hello,

I agree with Ken and Rotherbirder about the Flycatcher (although it surely has to the recently split Mediterranean/Balearic Flycatcher?) and the Sand Martin, but I struggle to see a confident Chiffchaff here. Do you have more pictures?

• I see a hard to judge pp, but it appears to be long
• head pattern with bold and long supercilum and "chiese-eyed"-jizz seems better for Willow Wabler
• I played with brightness levels, but I think leg-colouration is impossible to judge with confidence?

Yes, I would lean towards a Willow Warbler, but it least I need more pictures

Seen on a proper screen, I would agree with WW Alex.

RB