Mallorca : 13th October 2015 : Alcudia and La Gola
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 be great habitat. This time round we did that and we were not disappointed. Again I didn’t have my scope but it was so hot and we were going to have a walk around the weekly market in Alcudia afterwards so carrying a scope wasn’t really practical. Bins had to do but we still did ok.
The first bird we got, we got good views of our first bird, a lovely Black Redstart and as we walked along the pathway we started to see large numbers of Stonechats, Greenfinch, Goldfinch and, of course, House Sparrows. The flocks where quiite excitable and were gadding about so it was hard to get a good look at some of them. Again a scope would have been handy. There was lot of bird song and this helped us to get visuals on a couple of Blackcap.
As we were about half way back I thought I saw what looked like just another Woodpigeon but it wasn’t quite right so I thought I had better take a closer look. This revealed our first Hoopoe of the holiday -but hopefully not the last. It perched at the top of a bare tree for quite a while giving us splendid views.
We went back home for a bit of a break and then took a spin around La Gola which had a few nice birds.
Bird Sightings : Alcudia Roman Remains
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Stock Dove | 1 |
| Common Wood Pigeon | 6 |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | 2 |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | 1 |
| Barn Swallow | 6 |
| Great Tit | 1 |
| Blackcap | 2 |
| European Robin | 1 |
| Common Nightingale | 1 |
| Black Redstart | 6 |
| European Stonechat | 20 |
| Northern Wheatear | 2 |
| Eurasian Blackbird | 2 |
| European Greenfinch | 10 |
| European Goldfinch | 20 |
| House Sparrow | 30 |
Bird Sightings : La Gola
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Egyptian Goose | 1 |
| Mallard | 20 |
| Grey Heron | 1 |
| Little Egret | 1 |
| Common Moorhen | 2 |
| Black-headed Gull | 1 |
| Audouin’s Gull | 1 |
| Common Wood Pigeon | 3 |
| European Stonechat | 1 |
| European Greenfinch | 6 |
| European Goldfinch | 4 |
