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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Chapman" data-source="post: 3172468" data-attributes="member: 69491">I am planning a short Canaries trip with a couple of friends. I have visited before in 1999 so personally, I have no proper targets but there are two potential Category C species in which I would have some interest – Black-hooded/Nanday Parakeets and Barbary/African Collared Dove. Any current sites for either?The group targets are the usual – Barbary Falcon, Houbara Bustard, Laurel Pigeon, Bolle’s Pigeon, Plain Swift, Berthelot’s Pipit, Canary Islands Chat, Canary Islands Chiffchaff, Tenerife Goldcrest, Blue Chaffinch & Canary.The current plan is to arrive on Tenerife at 12.25pm on Wednesday 25th February and head straight to Las Lajas. I reckon an hour’s drive from the airport. We are staying in Playa de las Americas and I expect that between Las Lajas and the south end - Plain Swift, Berthelot’s Pipit, Canary Islands Chiffchaff, Tenerife Goldcrest, Blue Chaffinch & Canary will be straight forward?On Thursday 26th February, we’ll be heading to La Gomera for the day and again I presume that Laurel and Bolle’s Pigeons are relatively straightforward in the Garajonay Natural Park stopping in the usual places?We’ll then have two further days on Tenerife  - 27th and 28th February….. The sole remaining Tenerife target should be Barbary Falcon. Again, I presume that the cliffs en route to Punta de Teno are the best location? If anyone has any other sites/recent gen, I would be particularly grateful for that. If anything is sensitive, please feel free to PM me.We fly to Fuerteventura in the evening of 28th February and have two dawns before flying back home on 2nd March. Again, I presume that the coastal drive south at dawn from El Cotillo is the best way to see Houbara Bustard and Gosney suggests that the best Canary Islands Chat site is Puertito de Los Molionos rather than Barannco de la Torre. Any recent experience of either is gratefully received.I presume that there are no realistic seabirds at the end of February/beginning of March?Also any recent vagrants would be nice. I saw some photos recently of Lesser Scaup?All the best</blockquote>

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