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<blockquote data-quote="Richard G" data-source="post: 1259360" data-attributes="member: 23734"><p>Just returned from a two week family holiday in Menorca (our 5th year there) & tried to combine it with a bit of birding.</p><p></p><p>We stayed in Calan Bosch (CnB) & did alternate days by the pool & on trips out. A lot of the birding was done as we were out & about in the car , so a lot of the spots were done through the car window whilst driving - not the easiest & I did get a bo*****ing off the wife at one point (more later).</p><p></p><p>This year there seemed to be <strong>Egyptian Vultures</strong> in abundance over the fields near CnB this year, many more than in the past. We also saw <strong>Red Kites</strong> and <strong>Cattle Egrets</strong> (lifer) in the same area. Around the hotel area I saw <strong>Spotted Flycatchers</strong>, <strong>Audouins Gull</strong>, <strong>Yellow Legged Gull</strong> (all lifers for me), along with <strong>Swallow</strong>, <strong>Swift</strong>, <strong>Goldfinch</strong>, <strong>Collard Dove</strong>, and the ubiquitous <strong>House & Spanish Sparrows</strong>.</p><p></p><p>We had a couple of day trips out to the La Vall area on the north coast & saw a large flock of <strong>Bee Eaters</strong> in the woods. We also had a good view of a couple of <strong>Woodchat Shrikes</strong> near the turn off the main road, along with <strong>Little Egrets</strong>. I saw another lifer in this area, <strong>Sardinain Warbler</strong>, briefly as we as we stopped to sort out my daughter who felt car sick, and one flew into the bushes near the car. This are has fantastic potential & I think I may go for an early morning trip if we go again. During the day it was just too hot.</p><p></p><p>We also had a day out towards Mahon at the eastern end. The first part of the day included a drive up the Monte Torro, and this was where I got the bo*****ing off the wife. Half way up the mountain I spotted a <strong>Great Grey Shrike</strong> on a telegraph wire, so stopped suddenly to look at it (as you do), the subsequently stalled the car on what is essentially a mountain road. Not big & not clever, but I added another lifer!</p><p></p><p>Later near the airport we saw a pair of <strong>Ravens</strong> and in Mahon itself had lots of <strong>Pallid Swifts</strong> (another lifer).</p><p></p><p>We also visited the wetland areas near Es Grau which again has huge potential & it's another area I intend to visit at a different time of day. Here we had <strong>Coot, Moorhen, Little Grebe, Heron, Mallard</strong>, more <strong>Little Egret</strong>, along with <strong>Kestrel, Blackbird & Wood Pigeon</strong>. The two highlights of our time there was a <strong>Black Kite</strong> (another lifer) and magnificent views of an <strong>Osprey</strong> which flew down the lagoon no more than about 250m in front of us. There were also loads of LBJs which I couldn't identify so need to brush up on these for future years.</p><p></p><p>On our last day out in the car towards the end of the day I saw a <strong>Booted Eagle</strong> hunting over the fields near CnB.</p><p></p><p>All in all we had a great two weeks, and probably could have seen more. There were quite a few birds seen which I couldn't identify, but I added 9 definite life ticks to my list, which I was pleased about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard G, post: 1259360, member: 23734"] Just returned from a two week family holiday in Menorca (our 5th year there) & tried to combine it with a bit of birding. We stayed in Calan Bosch (CnB) & did alternate days by the pool & on trips out. A lot of the birding was done as we were out & about in the car , so a lot of the spots were done through the car window whilst driving - not the easiest & I did get a bo*****ing off the wife at one point (more later). This year there seemed to be [B]Egyptian Vultures[/B] in abundance over the fields near CnB this year, many more than in the past. We also saw [B]Red Kites[/B] and [B]Cattle Egrets[/B] (lifer) in the same area. Around the hotel area I saw [B]Spotted Flycatchers[/B], [B]Audouins Gull[/B], [B]Yellow Legged Gull[/B] (all lifers for me), along with [B]Swallow[/B], [B]Swift[/B], [B]Goldfinch[/B], [B]Collard Dove[/B], and the ubiquitous [B]House & Spanish Sparrows[/B]. We had a couple of day trips out to the La Vall area on the north coast & saw a large flock of [B]Bee Eaters[/B] in the woods. We also had a good view of a couple of [B]Woodchat Shrikes[/B] near the turn off the main road, along with [B]Little Egrets[/B]. I saw another lifer in this area, [B]Sardinain Warbler[/B], briefly as we as we stopped to sort out my daughter who felt car sick, and one flew into the bushes near the car. This are has fantastic potential & I think I may go for an early morning trip if we go again. During the day it was just too hot. We also had a day out towards Mahon at the eastern end. The first part of the day included a drive up the Monte Torro, and this was where I got the bo*****ing off the wife. Half way up the mountain I spotted a [B]Great Grey Shrike[/B] on a telegraph wire, so stopped suddenly to look at it (as you do), the subsequently stalled the car on what is essentially a mountain road. Not big & not clever, but I added another lifer! Later near the airport we saw a pair of [B]Ravens[/B] and in Mahon itself had lots of [B]Pallid Swifts[/B] (another lifer). We also visited the wetland areas near Es Grau which again has huge potential & it's another area I intend to visit at a different time of day. Here we had [B]Coot, Moorhen, Little Grebe, Heron, Mallard[/B], more [B]Little Egret[/B], along with [B]Kestrel, Blackbird & Wood Pigeon[/B]. The two highlights of our time there was a [B]Black Kite[/B] (another lifer) and magnificent views of an [B]Osprey[/B] which flew down the lagoon no more than about 250m in front of us. There were also loads of LBJs which I couldn't identify so need to brush up on these for future years. On our last day out in the car towards the end of the day I saw a [B]Booted Eagle[/B] hunting over the fields near CnB. All in all we had a great two weeks, and probably could have seen more. There were quite a few birds seen which I couldn't identify, but I added 9 definite life ticks to my list, which I was pleased about. [/QUOTE]
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