Wicken Fen 2nd May 2016 Having recently finished rereading a book based on a long – term study of Cuckoos at Wicken Fen, Cuckoos : Cheating By Nature by Nick Davies, I was interested to see this – the oldest – National Trust site. Unfortunately it was a bank holiday and the reserve was heaving…
Rutland Water 1st May 2016
Summary of Lanzarote Holiday : March 2016
Mirador Del Rio & Guinate , Lanzarote : 5th March 2016 Our final day with a car took us up to the Mirador Del Rio where Gosney says there is a good chance of seeing Barbary Falcon and even informs the reader of the exact ledge to find one on. Well, as it turned out,…
Salinas de Janubio, Lanzarote 2nd March 2016
Playa Blanca, Lanzarote : 29th February 2016 Another quiet day in Playa Blanca though we did see a Buzzard as well as the usual suspects. Tomorrow we are off to the desert though with the aim of finding Houbara Bustards, Cream-coloured Coursers and Stone Curlews with Carmen Portella Arnest from Lanzarote Active Club.
Playa Blanca, Lanzarote : 28th February 2016 Our first full day of holiday on Lanzarote was a bit of a causual day and we were on foot basically walking around Playa Blanca and the Marina Rubicon. Nevertheless we managed to see a few birds, many from our own balcony.
Mallorca Summary : 11th – 24th October 2015 We set out for Mallorca in the (horribly) early hours of the morning of the 11th October. En route to the hotel we got our first bird of prey – a Red Kite. This was just the start of a good tally of birds of prey but…
Mallorca : 22nd October 2015 : C’an Curassa and the Boquer Valley Although the day started with rain, that eventually stopped and the clouds also started to dissipate so that some sun started to show for the first time in three days. There was, however, still a lot of wind and this meant our little…
Mallorca : 21st October 2015 : Punta de Capdepera, Depuradora de S’Illiot and S’Albufereta. Today was mainly a drive around with birding as a bit of an add on. Since we had been to the southernmost point of the island yesterday, today we decided to go to the easternmost point. We drove to Capdepera making…
