First Visit to Port de Pollenca
We have just arrived this afternoon in Port de Pollenca for a first ever visit to Mallorca, and having found the other posts on this thread to be highly helpful and informative, decided to add some of our own over the coming days. We are staying at a villa on the edge of town, not far from the Boquer valley, and since we are here without a car, will be doing our birding on foot and by public transport during the coming week. Hopefully if this proves successful, our sightings and comments may be useful and helpful to other birders who are thinking about coming here to bird without a hire car. They may also provide a bit more information about what birds are still around and possible to see at the end of October during the autumn half term period.
Just a few hours here so far and its already looking like its going to live up to the expectations we have got from reading the previous posts on this thread!
Highlights so far during our first afternoon, all seen in and around our villa, or during the 15 minutes walk into town: several Booted Eagle (both light and dark phase birds), 1 Peregrine, 2 Hoopoe, 3 Serin, 3 Crossbill, several Common Redstart, plenty of Black Redstart and Chiffchaff, at least 3 Sardinian Warbler, and 1 Stonechat.
Haven't yet decided on any plans for tomorrow. Probably will just explore more in and around Port de Pollenca. There seems a lot of good birds to track down and photograph right on the doorstep!
We have just arrived this afternoon in Port de Pollenca for a first ever visit to Mallorca, and having found the other posts on this thread to be highly helpful and informative, decided to add some of our own over the coming days. We are staying at a villa on the edge of town, not far from the Boquer valley, and since we are here without a car, will be doing our birding on foot and by public transport during the coming week. Hopefully if this proves successful, our sightings and comments may be useful and helpful to other birders who are thinking about coming here to bird without a hire car. They may also provide a bit more information about what birds are still around and possible to see at the end of October during the autumn half term period.
Just a few hours here so far and its already looking like its going to live up to the expectations we have got from reading the previous posts on this thread!
Highlights so far during our first afternoon, all seen in and around our villa, or during the 15 minutes walk into town: several Booted Eagle (both light and dark phase birds), 1 Peregrine, 2 Hoopoe, 3 Serin, 3 Crossbill, several Common Redstart, plenty of Black Redstart and Chiffchaff, at least 3 Sardinian Warbler, and 1 Stonechat.
Haven't yet decided on any plans for tomorrow. Probably will just explore more in and around Port de Pollenca. There seems a lot of good birds to track down and photograph right on the doorstep!
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