NAB
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Worst place I’ve ever been for birds (chosen by wife as non-birding holiday), I knew it was going to be hard, as it’s a volcanic island with few trees and no free standing water:
• Yellow-legged Gull
• Shag
• Common Kestrel (couple of birds encountered)
• Common/Long-legged Buzzard (seen a couple of times, but no bin’s with me).
• Collard Dove (drinking at hotel pool).
• Swallow (1 only)
• Alpine Swift (1 only)
• Common Swift (occasional along costal cliffs at Fira).
• Great Reed Warbler (Singing in a small over grown garden in the middle of Fira, tried to convince myself it was Olive Tree Warbler, but eventually saw in flight twice; a quite bizarre record and in mid June!)
• House Sparrow (only common bird and drinking at hotel swimming pool).
• Italian Sparrow (occasional males drinking at hotel pool).
• Yellow-legged Gull
• Shag
• Common Kestrel (couple of birds encountered)
• Common/Long-legged Buzzard (seen a couple of times, but no bin’s with me).
• Collard Dove (drinking at hotel pool).
• Swallow (1 only)
• Alpine Swift (1 only)
• Common Swift (occasional along costal cliffs at Fira).
• Great Reed Warbler (Singing in a small over grown garden in the middle of Fira, tried to convince myself it was Olive Tree Warbler, but eventually saw in flight twice; a quite bizarre record and in mid June!)
• House Sparrow (only common bird and drinking at hotel swimming pool).
• Italian Sparrow (occasional males drinking at hotel pool).
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