Max Radford
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Just got back from another week in Puerto Pollensa. (Was there at the end of April.) Managed a few hours birding each day, mostly at the Albufereta which became my 'local patch' for a week; visiting it daily between 0800 and 1000. Below are the highlights from the places visited:
Boquer Valley: Hawfinch, Common Redstart. (A big fall on the Sunday) Purple Heron. Black Redstart. (Just started arriving on the island at the end of the week.)
Depuradora, S'Albufera: Bluethroat (2) Wood Sandpiper. (Very quiet here this time.)
Betlem: (First time here, very impressed.) Good views of Wryneck, Black Kite in off, and the only Pied Fly of the holiday.
S'Albufera: Slender Billed Gull, Glossy Ibis.
Albufereta: Fly over Richard's Pipit, Dotterel (for two days.) Caspian Tern (for two days) Montagu's Harrier, Black Tern, Hobby, Honey Buzzard, Quail (flushed,) Merlin, Greater Flamingo, Great White Egret (5 max,) Tree Pipit (4 max.)
Another great week in Mallorca, didn't visit Cuber, Mortix or Formentor this time. Saved them for next April/May
Boquer Valley: Hawfinch, Common Redstart. (A big fall on the Sunday) Purple Heron. Black Redstart. (Just started arriving on the island at the end of the week.)
Depuradora, S'Albufera: Bluethroat (2) Wood Sandpiper. (Very quiet here this time.)
Betlem: (First time here, very impressed.) Good views of Wryneck, Black Kite in off, and the only Pied Fly of the holiday.
S'Albufera: Slender Billed Gull, Glossy Ibis.
Albufereta: Fly over Richard's Pipit, Dotterel (for two days.) Caspian Tern (for two days) Montagu's Harrier, Black Tern, Hobby, Honey Buzzard, Quail (flushed,) Merlin, Greater Flamingo, Great White Egret (5 max,) Tree Pipit (4 max.)
Another great week in Mallorca, didn't visit Cuber, Mortix or Formentor this time. Saved them for next April/May