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  1. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Thanks Mike Stew
  2. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Anyone know the score with the 2020 calendar? Stew
  3. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Apologies for a non-bird post, but I know that several members have an interest in dragonflies and damselflies. I have updated the notes which I produced in 2017 and attached a copy. There's not many changes - mainly additional records for existing species and some updated photos. I found a...
  4. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Just been binge-watching “The Mallorca Files” on the BBC iPlayer. An entertaining watch, and fun to see familiar locations as part of the plot. However, as ever the backing tracks are a bit misleading - you get the impression that there are bee eaters absolutely everywhere in Mallorca, and I’m...
  5. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    I’ve attached screenshots of the relevant Birdguides website page. Stew
  6. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Yes - violet dropwing. They’re getting fairly straightforward to find now a bit later in the year. It’s not many years since they arrived (I recall Martin posting some of the first records on the forum). Common darter too - a good find as they are well outnumbered by red-veined. (There’s no...
  7. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    I've written some notes (attached) on a brief stay down in the south east earlier this month. Thanks to Mike M for introducing me to a part of the island that Mrs B and I were not at all familiar with. I have a feeling we'll be back.. Stew
  8. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    A quiet final day before we head off to the airport and back to the UK this evening. A stop for supplies at Santanyi produced a raptor group including 8 kestrels, 5 red kites, a booted eagle and a (presumably fairly local) Bonelli’s eagle. A lunch stop and stroll around the lovely port area at...
  9. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    A fantastic day’s birding with Mike today. Called at Cap de Ses Salines and were sent to look for the Italian sparrow. With the help of a young German birder we had several good views in the trees near the lighthouse. We had one of the local Bonelli’s eagles, a peregrine and a few kestrels. We...
  10. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    After dropping Mrs M and Mrs B in Felanitx for the market, Mike took us out to the fields at Vilafranca. This was where the southern grey shrike was found a couple of weeks ago. Astonishingly after a few minutes a series of expletives from Mike indicated that he’d relocated it! We had the bird...
  11. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Hi Sally Corn bunting ✔️😊 Stew
  12. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

  13. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    After we suffered a delayed flight from Stansted and an early hours arrival, I had the pleasure of being taken to the Cap by Mike M. We had about 3 hours from around 11am (not Mike’s usual early start!) in the company of a few local birders. A movement of booted eagles was most notable, with a...
  14. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    When I was at S’Albufera last month I managed to read a Darvic ring on a greater flamingo. I’ve just received the attached details from the ringing scheme. Nothing surprising about the bird (ringed as a pullus in 2017) and its travels, but it’s good to know, and hopefully makes a small...
  15. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Thanks Martin, my error of course! Stew
  16. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    I've uploaded a brief report on my September visit.
  17. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Wow! That’s fantastic, and a cracking photo! I guess this year’s invasion is pretty much unprecedented. There have even been ovipositing pairs in Suffolk here in the UK. Stew
  18. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    When I was at Son Real a couple of weeks ago I chased down a large pale butterfly that turned out to be a rather washed-out female Cleopatra. Shortly after, I saw a similar second individual. I wonder if that’s what you saw Mike? Stew
  19. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Thanks Ash - I appreciate that effort. RRS is one of my favourite birds ever, and I was made up to see it. Great that it returned too! (Nice to meet you both by the way). As we said at the time, it wasn’t just the consequences for the guy himself (although when he suggested he’d get shot for...
  20. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Began the last morning of our trip at the Depuradora, where it was good to bump into Steve again. Still plenty of waders, including my first avocet of the trip. The birds seemed to be a bit mobile - probably because an idiot (Brit) birder had climbed through the gap in the fence below the...
  21. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Mrs B dropped me off at the S’Albufera car park for a morning on the reserve. Night herons were roosting in the vegetation across the main canal as I walked down the entrance track. I was following a Spanish photographer/birder, and just before the track dog-legs a pine marten loped across the...
  22. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    En route to Son Real I called in at Maristany and the Depuradora. At Maristany there were 4 greenshank, 2 snipe and several green and common sandpipers. There was some shooting going on beyond the reeds opposite the track, and a gun dog was splashing around in the shallows nearby, so not...
  23. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Yes, I think Mortitx is one of the Island’s best kept secrets. Just heard from a friend in the UK that one of his birding friends has arrived in Lesbos to find, quite literally, thousands of vagrant emperors. I know it’s way further east, but you never know.. Stew
  24. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    Crikey Steve - that’s quite a haul! Hoping some of those birds will stick around for later today! Stew
  25. StewB

    Mallorca 2019

    With the promise of better weather, I headed for Mortitx. As I arrived 2 bee eaters flew low south over the entrance. I had two more groups (3 and 2) as I walked by the vineyard. Redstarts were in evidence, with a total of 8+ during my visit. Yellow wagtails (5), whinchats (2) and swallows also...
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