Mallorca Holiday 30th April 2015 : S’Albefura
Mallorca Holiday 30th April 2015 : S’Albefura
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Mallorca Holiday 29th April 2015 : La Gola and Boquer Valley
Mallorca Holiday 29th April 2015 : La Gola and Boquer Valley I was supposed to have a quiet day reading and doing a bit of shopping for the necessaries while Anne took the bus to Pollenca Town so I thought I would walk into town via the La Gola mini reserve. There had been a…
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Mallorca Holiday 28th April 2015 : S’ Albufera,Son Bosc and Depuradora de S’Illot
Mallorca Holiday 28th April 2015 : Son Bosc, Depuradora de S’Illot and S’ Albufera Our destination this day was to the S’ Albufera nature reserve near C’an Picafort, a huge reserve that always impresses with its huge range of habitats and species. We also had another target, though, and that was to try to see…
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Mallorca Holiday 27th April 2015 : La Gola, Boquer Valley and Pollenca Environs
Mallorca Holiday 27th April 2015 : La Gola, Boquer Valley and Pollenca Environs We woke up to find that it had been raining in the night and that there was a 25% chance of rain during the day. This meant that a possible plan to go to S’ Albufera was put on hold in favour…
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Mallorca Holiday 26th April 2015 : Port de Pollenca and La Gola
Mallorca Holiday 26th April 2015 : Port de Pollenca and La Gola. With friends from Palma visiting us at noon we had just enough time for a spin around La Gola before they arrived. The general area held the usual Greenshank and Common Sandpiper and a Yellow-legged Gull. There were numerous Mallard chicks and one…
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Mallorca Holiday 25th April 2015 : Port de Pollenca, La Gola and the Boquer Valley
Mallorca Holiday 25th April 2015 : Port de Pollenca, La Gola and the Boquer Valley After yesterday’s exertions we decided to have a quieter day today taking in some of the sites close to our hotel. Yesterday had been scorching hot so we wanted to be nearer to some refreshments if needed. We took in…
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Burton Mere Wetlands and Parkgate : 21 April 2015
Burton Mere Wetlands and Parkgate : 21 April 2015 We missed the first birding group outing of this term as a result of heavy colds and building work on the house so we were particularly pleased to eventually get out of the house and into the country. We had missed the birding group visit to…
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Birding Group Visit to RSPB Marshside : 31st March 2015
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Marshside : 31st March 2015 The last birding group day of the month – indeed of the term – was to RSPB Marshside. As usual it was blowing a gale so hard that it was hard not to get blown over. Although it wasn’t raining when we got out of…
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RSPB Leighton Moss : 27th March 2015
RSPB Leighton Moss : 27th March 2015 After we left Sizergh we drove down to Leighton Moss RSPB reserve again, this time parking at the top of the causeway first and walking down to the public hide. The star attractions here were at least three Marsh Harriers and possibly more and a pair of Otters.
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Hawfinch Watch at Sizergh Castle : 27th March 2015
Hawfinch Watch at Sizergh Castle : 27th March 2015 We had last gone to Sizergh Castle for the Hawfinch Watch in early March 2012 and that had been very successful. There had been several cold winters, however, and the numbers of native birds had been boosted by foreign birds escaping the colder parts of Europe….