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  1. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    I have only seen a spoonbill there once on my first visit, when Mike M was showing me the ropes, my first birding trip ever!
  2. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Cameras are always a compromise, aren't they? Judging by the photos, it looks like the Canon might be the sweet spot between all the variables! Good luck with it and don't forget some cotton wool to wrap it in!:ROFLMAO:
  3. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    A quick trip to the saltpans this morning, and things were quite busy again today. I was pleased to see a group of three black-tailed godwit, the oystercatcher is still there and there were common and wood sandpiper around. Also large flocks of little stint and avocet and I saw my first dunlin...
  4. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Not birds but our bottle brush tree (is that its real name?) was graced by a plain tiger butterfly this evening and I just wanted to share the beauty of the moment with everyone on here.
  5. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    I managed a quick pre-breakfast trip to the Salobrar this morning, perfect weather conditions and the marshes were pretty lively. Some of the species I managed to log: common and wood sandpiper, ringed and kentish plover, little egret, grey heron flypast, flamingos in three figures, and...
  6. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Yesterday evening I went to the Salobrar to check out the migrating waders. What a glorious evening, perfect temperature, gentle breeze to disperse the mosquitos and a pleasant chat to a local birder from Palma. There were not many birds, however, although for me an oystercatcher was definitely...
  7. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    This morning found me back on the island (hooray!), at Passatge No. 5 shortly after sunrise. Except the sun was not in evidence, instead a chill north-easterly wind was blowing across open country. Although there was not the abundance of bird life Mike and Phil recently experienced, there was...
  8. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    If all is well here, we will be back in about three weeks, so fingers crossed that some of those waders will still be there.
  9. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Fingers crossed for the Cape, Mike!
  10. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Thank you so much, Stew. A great read!
  11. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Just a quick line to say thanks to Matthebirder for his fascinating stories about birding on Mallorca over the decades – S'albufera in 1982 must have been so different! Good luck with your search for butterflies and dragonflies Matt! I didn't have long at Albufereta, where we met this morning...
  12. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Yesterday morning our plans fell through at the last minute so I grabbed my camera and binoculars and headed off to S'Albufera, which was fine because my wife grabbed her paintbrushes and spent the day painting. Division of labour. S'Albufera rarely disappoints, and yesterday it was pleasantly...
  13. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    My Sunday ritual turned out quite interesting today too – Salobrar before breakfast as usual, arriving at about 6.30 with heavy cloud and a cool breeze. But it enabled me to see a group of four stone curlew in action, not just hunkered down during daytime. Almost impossible to photograph in the...
  14. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    I popped out for my regular Sunday pre-breakfast walk at the Salobrar – I am beginning to think I could write my check list of species before I go out, it would save time! Although there were no great surprises, I was treated among other things to a spectacular flight of flamingos, common and...
  15. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Lesser Kestrel yes, but only one definite, no red footed falcons that I could see. But who knows what tomorrow will bring? ;):)
  16. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    When my wife said yesterday morning, "How about a trip to the plains near Maria? You could do some birding and I could paint...", it would have been rude to say no. And I am very glad I didn't. As soon as we got out of the car, I saw a distant bird on the power lines. My scope revealed it was a...
  17. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Sorry to hear that honeym. Get well soon! And thanks for the info of course!
  18. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi Mike, yes I do photograph in RAW but I convert to JPEG when I post as well as shrinking the size of the files. Some pictures loaded easily - my birds from yesterday - but I couldn't upload images of the moth. Very puzzling. And thanks for the ID!
  19. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Thank you Stew, especially for your confidence in my Catalan skills!:)
  20. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Try again with the insects. Here is the original text: By the way and changing the subject, can someone please give me an ID for this moth I saw in my garden yesterday? Many thanks in advance; tips on literature re moths/butterflies/dragonflies will also be very welcome. I already have StewB's...
  21. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Many thanks Many thanks Mike for the Son Real recommendation – I made the trek up north this morning after some uneventful birding in the south since I got back to the island last week and I was not disappointed. At the hide, there was a constant stream of birds, mostly common (goldfinch...
  22. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Just a quick post before family commitments mean we have to leave for a while again – I had a quick trip to the Salobrar before breakfast again, all very pleasant but very quiet. The only bird of any interest to me was the wood sandpiper, a year tick for me to nicely round off this visit. And I...
  23. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Lovely photos, thanks Phil, best wishes to you with your move and good birding in the UK!
  24. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Here are the stone curlew that went missing from my post yesterday...
  25. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    I made it to S'Albufera today after a quick stop at the Depuradora and, in a word, had a lovely day out. It started out with three hoopoes flying up in front of the car on the way to the Dep, a nightingale singing as we strolled down to the platform, followed by plenty of decent birds to watch...
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