2016 Year List

2016 Year List (UK:137) (Total:165):
Key: Bold = Lifer. Red = Overseas Bold Red (Work it out!)

Starling, House Sparrow, Mallard, Eider, Pheasant, Red-throated Diver, Northern Fulmar, Raven, Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Robin, Rock Pipit, Rock Dove, Black Guillemot, Kittiwake, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Curlew, Redshank, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Gannet, Shag, Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Widgeon, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Greylag Goose, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Greenland White-fronted Goose, Great Northern Diver, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Purple Sandpiper, Collard Dove, Redwing, Fieldfare, Chaffinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Red Kite, Wood Pigeon, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch, Egyptian Goose, Northern Shovelar, Great Crested Grebe, Bittern, Moorhen, Coot, Ring-necked Parakeet, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Wren, Canada Goose, Pintail, Pochard, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Jay, Siskin, Gadwall, Peregrine Falcon, Long-tailed Tit, Meadow Pipit, Red-legged Partridge, Treecreeper, Shelduck, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Kingfisher, Penduline Tit, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Sandwich Tern, Sardinian Warbler, Audouin's Gull, Osprey, White Wagtail, Black Redstart, Yellow-legged Gull, Blackcap, Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Stone Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Serin, Common Crossbill, Reed Bunting, Blue Rock Thrush, Crag Martin, Booted Eagle, Kentish Plover, Greater Flamingo, Moustached Warbler, Purple Swamphen, Pied Avocet, Greenshank, Pink-footed Goose, Long-eared Owl, Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, Grey Partridge, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, Mistle Thrush, Lapland Bunting, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Golden Pheasant, Common Snipe, Black Grouse, Red Grouse, Wheatear, Dipper, Yellowhammer, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Goosander, Velvet Scoter, Common Scoter, Common Guillemot, Razorbill, King Eider, Whimbrel, Snow Bunting, Capercaillie, Red-breasted Merganser, Slavonian Grebe, Rock Ptarmigan, Crested Tit, Scottish Crossbill, Black-throated Diver, White-tailed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Bar-tailed Godwit, Great Skua, Puffin, Red-crested Pochard










Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Mallorca Getaway... 14th - 16th Feb 2016

My Wife and I took the kids to Mallorca for the half term week, as per all my holidays this is not a birding holiday but where I go so do my binoculars (and telescope, DSLR, Bridge Camera, Field Guides, Notebooks etc......), I do usually have a day reserved for geeking though and Mallorca was no exception.

We arrived very late on the 13th so it was straight to bed for all.  My day out geeking was the 17th but I still managed to pick out a few birds through out the stay.

Sunday 14th

Today was a day for settling in and checking out the local area which as it was a) out of season, and b) Sunday everything was closed.....  We took the kids for a walk along the beach which was empty and beautiful looking out over the Alcudia Bay.

Alcudia Bay, Mallorca

On the walk down I saw and heard a great number of House Sparrow which I find very pleasing, I suppose this is in part due to their status in the UK.

House Sparrow

The first bird I saw upon hitting the beach was Audouin's Gull, there were two by the shoreline foraging around.  We walked along the beach to a small moor for the locals boats, this little rocky surround held a small number of Mallard, a Little Egret and a Common Sandpiper, there was also a single Cormorant a distance out in the bay.  As I was watching the Audouin's Gulls flying up and down the shoreline I noticed a few Sandwich Terns amongst them.

Audouin's Gull

Audouin's Gull

Audouin's Gull
 
Sandwich Tern

On the walk back a I added Cattle Egret as it flew past towards the Little Egret and Common Sandpiper.

Common Sandpiper

Little Egret

Little Egret

Cattle Egret
 
Monday 15th
 
Today we drove over to Port du Pollenca for a look around, it situated on Pollenca Bay which is beautiful but again pretty much everything was closed and refurbishing for the new holiday season.
 
Birds I saw in the bay were Little Egret, Cormorant, Audouin's Gull, Black-headed Gull and Mallard.
 
After lunch we went to the supermarket, when I returned to the car which was parked next to a piece of waste ground I saw White Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Black Redstart, Song Thrush, Blackbird and 3.....Osprey!!!  Turns out the waste land is the back end of a small reserve called Gola.
 
Little Egret

White Wagtail

Distant Osprey

Back at the hotel I was treated to some great views of a Black Redstart pair and a male Stonechat

Black Redstart & House Sparrow

Stonechat
 
Tuesday 16th
 
Today we took the kids to the South-Eastern part of the island to visit some spectacular caves which house an amazing collection of Stalactites and Stalagmites,
 



 
Whilst there we popped into Porto Cristo for lunch and found a nice little place on the harbour, birds in the harbour were Yellow-legged Gull, Kestrel, White Wagtail, Stonechat, Black Redstart, Goldfinch, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Starling, Cormorant, House Sparrow and Sardinian Warbler. 

 
Sardinian Warbler

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Location: Playa Du Muro, Balearic Islands, Spain

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