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…
Mallorca : 20th October 2015 : Salobrar de Campos, Cap de Ses Salines and Portocolom We hired a car for three days with the intention of visiting some of the birding sites in the south of the island. We had planned on driving straight down to Cap de Ses Salines on the south coast of…
Mallorca : 19th October 2015 : La Gola & Boquer Valley We decided on another walk up the Boquer Valley taking in La Gola and the ring road to the Boquer roundabout. As we walked through La Gola we heard what we took for thr sound of running water but then decided it must be…
Mallorca : 18th October 2015 : La Gola The 18th was a bit of a chill-out day and, as Anne went over to Pollenca town for the market, I stayed at home and caught up on my birding notes, doing some laundry and tracking down more, badly needed, mosquito spray. I just managed to fit…
Mallorca : 17th October 2015 : S’Albefura Bird Ringing Surprising ourselves after a very long day the day before, we did get up in time to get to S’albufera for the bird ringing that Cristina had told us she was leading even though we missed the first quarter of an hour or so. As we…
Mallorca : 16th October 2015 : Guided Birding Day at Mortixt, Cuber and Salobrar de Campos. The 16th was our planned guided birding day so it was an early start. We were to be driven to various sites by Cristina Fiol from BalearsWildlife who turned out to be a great guide. We had to get…
Mallorca : 15th October 2015 : S’Albufera The weather on the 14th had been pretty poor so we actually cancelled our birding plan for that day. Today we had another plan and that also went awry. We had planned a boat trip around Cap Formentor but the posters we had been getting our information from…
Mallorca : 13th October 2015 : Alcudia and La Gola The last time we were at the Roman remains in Alcudia we were on a walking tour so we could not really stop to look at the birds but I made a mental note to return there to look for birds because it seemed to…
