I have only every been to the Canary Islands once, which was
16 years ago when Hannah was just about 2 and it was a weeks trip, in February
to Lanzarote, no birding was involved at all (I think I had recorded Sardinian
Warbler but that was it).
I had briefly looked at longer birding trips in Feb/Mar, but
this was only after xmas once I knew what my work plans were and any suitable
longer destination trips seemed to be fully
booked, so I thought doing a shorter self-propelled trip and hence a
visit to Tenerife and Fuerteventura.
Flights were booked with EasyJet, and were £176 , outward to
Tenerife and return from Fuerteventura and included speedy boarding and
luggage. The internal flight with Binter was a bit double-jointed as I went
from Tenerife South so it was 2 flights via Gran Canaria but was only £68. I
hired 2 cars both with the local firm Auto-Reisen, both were Renault Clios and
included the extra insurance , in Tenerife the cost was EUR98 for 5 days and in
Fueterventura it was Eur87 for 4 days. Both cars were absolutely fine, although
occasionally I could have done with a bit more power in Tenerife to cope with
the very steep inclines.
I chanced on the accommodation through booking.com finding 2
rural and rustic-looking hotels that included B&B and gave the option of
dining. In Tenerife, the Hotel El Nogal was based just South of Villaflor and
was £308 for 5 nights. In Fuerteventura the even more rustic Hotel Rural Huerto
in Teserague was only £186 for 4 nights. I ended up very impressed with both
places and I dined in every night and the food was great.
I spent about £40 on petrol in both Tenerife and
Fuerteventura and spent very little extra as I had lunch twice in Tenerife but
generally didn’t bother as breakfasts and dinners were very filling. So all in,
including dinners, it cost around £1200 for 9 nights.
I had plenty of time and could easily have achieved the same birds with less days, but I was quite happy not rushing and it didn't get light until 7.30am and most bird activity didn't seem to start until at least 8.30am so there was no early morning scrambling.
Wed 27th Feb
I Arrived at Tenerife South Airport about 1.20pm, an hour late,
with Easy Jet. Car hire logistics were not too long , then the normal driving panic
when first into new country such as how does the car work , directions and
wrong-side of the road driving. A Canary Island Chiffchaff calling just above my head as I got
into the new car was a good omen. It took me a while to find the destination on
the car sat nav and I headed out to find the hotel. Very quickly the I was
taken on very steep and narrow roads, as
the sat nav was bit awkward to use and was taking me on direct routes rather
than sticking to the main roads, but after about 40 minutes I arrived around 3.30pm, I dumped my bags and decided to
head out, the few trees around the hotel had Canary Island Chiffchaff , African Blue
Tit, Blackbird (ssp cabrarae), Collared Dove and Kestrel (ssp dacotiae). Room was small but ok , food was
actually better than I thought, rustic but good,.
I went up to an area in the pines called Las Lajas, the pine belt started around 5
kms up the road which heads towards Mount Teide, and the Las Lajas picnic
site was over 1000m , which is known as a good place for Blue Chaffinch and
sure enough within minutes of arriving I had several of these, plus African Blue Tit (ssp teneriffae teneriffae), Atlantic Canary and Great Spotted Woodpecker (ssp canariensis). But being a numpty I hadn’t checked the camera
battery when I left the hotel, so went to take first picture, nothing, it would appear that I'd knocked the camera to 'on' in transit and it had drained the battery, so no bird pictures !.
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| Pine forest at Las Lajas |
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| Las Lajas |
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| View from hotel |
Thur 28th Feb – Head north for Pigeons.
The main area of Laurel Forests are in the North West of the Island, the other side of Mount Teide, and the 2 endemic pigeon species (Laurel Pigeon and Bolle's Pigeon) were known to be found in this area, the journey was about 1hr 20 mins from the hotel, I was getting used to the Sat Nav underestimating the time it took due to the bendy roads. My first stop was at the Grimona
Watchpoint (Mirador de la Grimona), which is a small lay-by on the main TF-5, it looks pretty unlikely as the layby is next to the sea and you look back across the dual carriageway,up a steep cliff. However, only after about 10 minutes I had seen 5 Laurel Pigeons, firstly in flight then one perched for the
scope. A further hour at this spot and there was no sign of any Bolle's Pigeons (plenty of genuine looking Rock Doves) a few Common Buzzards (ssp insularum), Common Kestrel, and Atlantic Canary. I then moved to the northern end of Ruiz le Barranco, which was still right next to the busy TF-5 … the viewpoint gives a vista down the steep sided barranca. A Tenerife Robin was singing away in a large Laurel, although remaining hidden, and plenty of Atlantic Canaries and African Blue Tits were near the car park. Another Laurel Pigeon flew and perched in a
tree (directly into the sun) then 2 more Laurel Pigeons flew from the side of the Barranco towards the road. The best sighting was 2 Barbary Falcons circling over the side of the Barranco and then c20
Plain Swifts in the same view with more Common Buzzards.
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| View 'up' the cliff from the Grimona watchpoint |
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| View to sea from Grimona watchpoint. |
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| I should never try digiscoping, but the Laurel Pigeons have a distinct white tail, which at least can be made out in the dreadful picture above. |
I decided to try the other end of the barranco valley, so after a 20 minute drive I pulled into a small layby and got reasonable views looking down into parts of the barrranco. I quickly saw yet another Laurel Pigeon, then a probable Bolle’s, although it was largely through foliage so unsatisfactory, I did see a Tenerife Robin (ssp superbus), which turned out to be my only sighting in Tenerife. After about 45 minutes with no more pigeon sightings I drove a few hundred metres to the bottom of the valley, where there was a defunct restaurant, you can't see much either up or down the barranco at that point but I stood just to the side of the building where a Grey Wagtail was perched and a Bolles Pigeon flew overhead. I returned to the previous viewpoint and spent a further hour scanning, where eventually 2 Bolle's Pigeons gave a more prolonged flight view before landing beneath the canopy of a tree. A Sardinian Warbler was close to where I was standing.
I then drove up to Mount Teide, or at least to the visitor / information centre, driving through low cloud to get there. There is a small botanical desert area behind the information centre buildings which I walked around, it was 2,100m here with the peak of Mount Teide in view being 3,700m, the highest point in Spain. There was a small drinking pool in the botanical desert, which held a flock of Atlantic Canaries with an African Blue Tit, Canary Island Chiffchaff and in the desert area my first Bertholot's Pipit.
The information centre was interesting enough and surprisingly they had a cinema where I watched a 25 minute film about the creation of the Teide volcano and Tenerife, again this was a worthwhile diversion from the birding.
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| view to Mount Teide |
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| desert area at 2,100m |
I drove back towards the hotel, stopping again at Las Lajas with the same species as yesterday , although my camera was now functioning so at last managed some bird pics.
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| Tenerife Blue Chaffinch |
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| Tenerife Blue Chaffinch |
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| Atlantic Canary |
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| African Blue Tit |
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| African Blue Tit |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
Fri 1st March - Southern Tenerife
Thankfully with the Pigeons successfully seen yesterday, as the main targets for the island, it meant that the next few days could be a little more relaxed. I went south to Motana Roja, and walked out towards the sea across a desert landscape. The 'Gosney' guide noted that a small pool just inland from the beach was worth looking at for waders. I did, and there was only one wader, a Common Ringed Plover, but nothing else at all, the only other birds in the area being some Bertholots Pipits and Yellow Legged Gulls, I did however stop to scan the sea which was fairly calm and whilst no birds I saw 2 Short-finned Pilot Whales briefly breach the water.
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| View inland from coast towards Mount Teide |
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| Bertholot's Pipit |
I was hoping to pick up a Barbary Partridge and Spectacled Warbler somewhere, I drove a short distance to Golf de Sur, you can't access the golf course but it is described worth checking the desert area at the northern end of the course where you can just see a couple of pools on the course. A couple of Sardinian Warblers and Canary Island Chiffchaff were in the tamarisks on the edge of the course and I heard a Moorhen form the pool but a wander around the desert scrub yielded nothing at all.
It was another short drive to Amarilla Golf course, where you can walk on the path through the middle of the course towards the sea. A very brief flight
view of Hoopoe was the first bird seen and there were some Barbary Doves and Laughing Doves around horse stables next to the Golf course. The Barbary Dove seems to be a version of the African Collared Dove, but mostly not recognised as anything but a category D or E species in Spain (i.e. released) . As the path exited the golf course to the familiar desert scrub, there were Bertholot's Pipits, then a pair of Spectacled Warbler which was nice. The wind had picked up as I arrived at the sea and a quick scan produced 2 Cory's Shearwater.
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| Spectacled Warbler |
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| Desert scrub and sea beyond Amarilla Golf |
I went to the local coastal town and marina at Los Abrigos and found somewhere for a late lunch, the wind had increased and the cloud descended so I returned to the hotel late afternoon, having not seen anything more.
Sat 2nd March North West Tenerife
This morning I decided to head to the North of the island again to some coastal sites. Firstly to the coast around Beaunavista then out to Punta del Teno. The shortest route, according to Sat Nav, was via a picturesque hill town called Masca, which ultimately had stunning views, but steep tight
hairpins meant that to get from A to B wasn’t the best way to do it unless you wanted to stop frequently for the scenic views, otherwise you had to concentrate very hard on keeping the car on the road that the scenery passed me by a little and it just took longer. I would have
been better to go the long way round.
At Beunavista, I parked at a small Chapel on coast where a coastal footpath skirts the top of the Beunvista del Norte golf course next to sea, giving some views over the coarse. It was very overcast and a strongish wind blowing along the coast. There was not much at all to start other than a few Yellow Legged Gulls, Atlantic Canary and Spanish Sparrow. 2 Whimbrel were on the golf course but little else and on the sea just the waves crashing over the rocks. I returned on the same path and scoped a small pod of Dolphins all though some distance out, presumed Atlantic Dolphins. Further along, on the return walk, I finally found 2 Barbary Partridge trotting across the golf course and a Sardinian Warbler was in song near the car.
I drove into Beunavista for petrol and a snack, then decided to go to Punta del Teno, because it might be good for a seawatch and should have more coastal scrub, but unfortunately the road was blocked shortly out of Beaunavista, there seems to be a permanent
daytime closure between the hours of 10am and 7pm on Thursday through Sunday only allowing buses
and residents through. So change of plan was called for and I ended up going to Erjos and trying
the pools, the track down to the pools isn’t really fit for a car , as I found
out, but managed to reverse and turn it around,it is better to walk, however,
the pools were pretty disappointing, not much water, a few Coot and a couple of Moorhen were all that was on offer, with more Canary Island Chiffchaff and another Sardinian Warbler and a Robin singing form the
depths of a bush.
At Beunavista, I parked at a small Chapel on coast where a coastal footpath skirts the top of the Beunvista del Norte golf course next to sea, giving some views over the coarse. It was very overcast and a strongish wind blowing along the coast. There was not much at all to start other than a few Yellow Legged Gulls, Atlantic Canary and Spanish Sparrow. 2 Whimbrel were on the golf course but little else and on the sea just the waves crashing over the rocks. I returned on the same path and scoped a small pod of Dolphins all though some distance out, presumed Atlantic Dolphins. Further along, on the return walk, I finally found 2 Barbary Partridge trotting across the golf course and a Sardinian Warbler was in song near the car.
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| Yellow-legged Gull |
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| Whimbrel |
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| Barbary Partridge |
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Barbary Partridge
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I headed back to the hotel late afternoon, the weather was a touch cooler
and overcast with a low cloud bank that shrouded the hills.
Sun 3rd March - Southern Tenerife
This was my last full day on Tenerife. I headed to the southern coast again. There were a lot of historic reports that the Reservior at El Fraile was the best wetland sight on the island but unfortunately now all access is blocked due to agricultural-type developments, but the area south of El Fraile, from the resort of Palm-Mar down to a Lighthouse, still looked interesting and there is a coastal trail there, which is where I decided to try. The route from the hotel took me down the TF565 and being early with little traffic, there were 6
Barbary Partridges in the road on the route.
Arriving into Palm-Mar, I parked at the far Southerly point in the Palm-Mar development and started the walk which is about 2.5kms over a nice lava-desert landscape with cactus scenery. To start with just Betholots Pipits were visible and of course Yellow Legged Gulls over the sea, then a surprising number, 13 Grey Herons flew over. As I got nearer to the lighthouse a Southern Grey Shrike (ssp Koenigi) alighted on a cactus and a Spectacled Warbler was singing in scrub. I arrived at the lighthouse and the wind had picked up so did a seawatch for an hour, where there was a bit of movement with 31 Corys Shearwaters, 2 Northern Gannets, 4 Sandwich Terns. On the walk back a further view of the Shrike and 7 Little Egrets flew past.
I went into Las Galetas, the closest beach town, for some lunch. I was slightly conscious that I han't managed to the Goldcrest on the island, referred to by some as the Tenerife Kinglet and endemic as a subspecies. I thought I should be easily able to see this in the pine forests above Villaflor, so headed that way in the afternoon, starting at Las Lajas and stopping at a couple of lay-bys on the way down. The only issue was that being a Sunday afternoon the places were packed with locals as well as tourists. Las Lajas offered the same birds as before , Tenerife Blue Chaffinch, Atlantic Canary, Africa Blue Tit and Great Spotted Woodpecker. The site about a km further down from Las Lajas, I couldn't access as there was no parking. I tried to more sites but nothing , so it had to be an early morning quest to track down a Goldcrest.
Arriving into Palm-Mar, I parked at the far Southerly point in the Palm-Mar development and started the walk which is about 2.5kms over a nice lava-desert landscape with cactus scenery. To start with just Betholots Pipits were visible and of course Yellow Legged Gulls over the sea, then a surprising number, 13 Grey Herons flew over. As I got nearer to the lighthouse a Southern Grey Shrike (ssp Koenigi) alighted on a cactus and a Spectacled Warbler was singing in scrub. I arrived at the lighthouse and the wind had picked up so did a seawatch for an hour, where there was a bit of movement with 31 Corys Shearwaters, 2 Northern Gannets, 4 Sandwich Terns. On the walk back a further view of the Shrike and 7 Little Egrets flew past.
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| Again viewing inland from the coast up to Mount Teide |
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| Great Grey Shrike |
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| Great Grey Shrike |
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| Lighthouse |
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| Bertholot's Pipit |
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| Bertholot's Pipit |
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| Cory's Shearwater |
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| Cory's Shearwater |
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| Little Egret |
Mon 4th March - Travel to Fuerteventura.
My task this morning , before I had to check out ,was to find the Tenerife Goldcrest. I was out at 7.45am and drove up to Las Lajas working my way down from there back to Villaflor, the benefit was there was no-one else around so I had no trouble parking in any lay-bys. My first three stops again were blanks, just a couple of Blue Chaffinch, Atlantic Canary and African Blue Tit. I then stopped at a small pull in that had an old tarmac drive with a permanent barrier across that seemed to lead down to a disused mineral water
warehouse, it somehow had a better feel, with more Atlantic Canaries and a couple of Great Spotted Woodpeckers calling, also a small number of Plain Swifts were hawing over the trees. I heard the call of the crest and it took 15 minutes to track down the bird, sure enough the Tenerife Goldcrest (ssp teneriffae) eventually showed well in some low scrub. Mission accomplished I returned to the hotel for breakfast and checkout, there were a few bird still around the hotel tress including a brief Hoopoe and Sardinian Warbler and my last Canary Island Chiffchaff before I then spent the rest of the day travelling to Fuerteventura. Returning the car to Tenerife South , getting a Binter flight to Gran Canaria and then one to Fuerteventura arriving just after 6pm, again no hassles with picking up the car and found my way to the remote Hotel Rural about 7.30, just as it was dark.
The Spanish couple that ran the place spoke no English but enough to feed me 'carne' for dinner which was half the side of a cow. I wasn't going to go hungry.
The Spanish couple that ran the place spoke no English but enough to feed me 'carne' for dinner which was half the side of a cow. I wasn't going to go hungry.
Tue 5th - Desert Species.
Being an island which is mostly desert, the main targets for me were the Houbara
Busted, Cream-coloured Courser, the Canary Island Chat (only endemic
species for Feurteventura) and Black bellied Sandgrouse. So I decided to focus on finding the Bustard and Courser today hoping any others will fall into place as I tried.
Compared to Tenerife, the Fuerteventura roads (apart from the trip to Benacuria), were all pretty straight rather than bendy and relatively quiet. The island was very dry, which you might expect being desert but many of
the mentioned sites recommended to check small pools for waders and ducks were
completely dry.
I woke up early and my first birds were a flyover Ruddy Shelduck some Spanish Sparrows nesting above the door of my room and several Raven (ssp tingitanus).
After breakfast, I drove to Antigua plains to start my search for the Bustard. I saw Turtle Dove perched on a wire just near the hotel and en-route Great Grey Shrike and an Egyptian Vulture. I pulled off the main road just north of Antigua in an area which had some large sand pits There were plenty of Betholots Pipits and Corn Buntings in the scrub, and also another Egyptian Vulture circling, but no Bustard. After an hour
or so I drove the short distance to the Tiquiventaria area towards a pool north of the town, the area is again supposed to be good for Bustard but there was no sign. I stopped about 1. km before the pool to scan and 2 Black-bellied Sandgrouse flew over the car and landed on a distant ridge, as I got the scope out and looked towards the ridge a pair of Canary Island Chats were in the scrub below the ridge. A good start for these species and the pool turned out to be completely dry.
I drove on towards Tindaya Plains, which is the area noted for most Bustard sightings, I arrived late morning, and drove the dusty graded tracks from the town of Tindaya through to Oliva, mostly in 2nd gear scanning every few hundred metres. Within about 30 minutes I found a Cream-coloured Courser that crossed the track 100m in front of me. A couple of other birder cars were there, none of which had seen any Bustard although one reported a Lesser Kestrel. I saw Kestrel of the distinctive island race dacotiae, but no Lesser, the only other birds I saw after driving the area for 2.5 hours was Lesser Short-toed Lark and Bertholots Pipits. Following the blank for Bustards I came to the conclusion it would have
to be a dawn visit.
Mid-afternoon I headed to the north coast to the tiny fishing hamlet of Los Molinos. A barranco runs to the coast through a steep sided valley. A gathering of Muscovy Ducks were near the car park. The sea was quite blustery but no birds other than a single Yellow-legged Gull. The barranco had a Common Sabdpiper and Little Egret and the surrounding scrub a Spectacled Warbler and a Barbary Ground Squirrel. |
| Tindaya Plains |
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| Lesser Short-toed Lark |
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| Cream-coloured Courser |
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| Barbary Ground Squirrel |
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| My room at the Hotel Rural and Clio. |
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| view from room. |
The Tindaya plains area is about an hours drive from where I was staying in Teserejegue. Sunrise is just
before 7.30am so I had left by 6.30am, the weather had changed from yesterday and was very overcast with a few spots of rain, I went through the town of Tindaya and onto a pot-holed tarmac track that went onto the plains just as first light approached. An early Common Buzzard was by the side of the track. I drove down past a famous group of figs (famous because they are the only vegetation landmark for miles and often Bustards are sighted near here). Seeing nothing at first I drove on the dusty tracks and turned left at a crossroads, then after about another 500m I saw 2 Houbara Bustards
about 200m to my right running towards the track, it appeared to be a female chased by a male they crossed over in front of me and kept going, joined by a 3rd,
male chasing 2 females, at the same time, this was a great experience and as good a view as I could have hoped for. I also had good views of a Cream-coloured Courser in the same area.
This was a great start to the day and a bit of relief I had the Bustard under the belt.
This was a great start to the day and a bit of relief I had the Bustard under the belt.
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| Common Buzzard |
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| Houbara Bustard (female) |
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| Houbara Bustard (male) |
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| 3 Houbara Bustards |
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| Cream-coloured Courser |
I returned to the hotel for a late breakfast before heading out again firstly trying a reservoir south of Tuinije, but it was completely dry with no birds, so I went further north eventually turning towards Betancuria and a spectacular drive up a high mountain with views before dropping down toward Las Panitas and to a small village, Vega de Rio Palmas, where there is a walk along a woody gorge and any area with a few trees are at a premium on the island. There were Laughing Doves near the entrance to the gorge with Hoopoe, Atlantic Canary and a few Goldfinch, the gorge itself held a number of singing Spectacled Warblers and Sardinian Warblers and eventually I found 3 African Blue Tit (ssp degener) a different sub-species to the Tenerife birds.
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| Sardinian Warbler |
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| Sardinian Warbler |
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| African Blue Tit (ssp degener) |
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| juv African Blue Tit |
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| Spanish Sparrow |
Thursday 7th March
I had pretty much seen everything that I'd planned to see o Fuerteventura, so decided to go to the Barranca Rio de Cabras, the site where
the Dwarf Bittern was famously seen although it had not been reported for
several days. There were a couple of birder cars so parked so I joined them although it is off-putting as its on the road to a major waste recycling plant so heavy trucks are
constantly bombing past , road is half sealed half not. There is a walk of about 500m across desert waste to the edge of the barranco, the place was quite birdy, with Trumpeter Finch, Canary Island Chats, Great Grey Shrike, Hoopoe, Laughing Doves, Collared Doves, 15 Black-winged Stilts, Greenshank , 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Littler Ringed Plovers and 2 Little Egrets. I spent 2 hours around the edge of the barranco, obviously no sign of the rare Bittern.
I then drove back towards Los Molinos but took a track towards a reservoir, the wind was very strong and the place pretty bleak, I did see 2 Pallid Swifts over the water, and lots
of Ruddy Shelduck, more Black-Winged Stilts, 8 Eurasian Teal and Common Buzzard.
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| Views along the Barranca Rio de Cabras |
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| Canary Island Chat |
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| Canary Island Chat (male) |
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| Canary Island Chat (female) |
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| Trumpter Finch |
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| Great Grey Shrike |
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| Great Grey Shrike |
As I returned to the main road a Cream-coloured Courser flew over the road. A slow drive back added nothing else and that was it !. I left at 8.30am the next morning for the flight back to the UK which all worked fine. When I was sitting near the departure gate, 2 Black-bellied Sandgrouse flew past the terminal building !
It was a great trip, really enjoyed it, bird list was small but had
15 lifers and a bit of winter sun.
List below (T=Tenerife , f = Fuerteventura), Lifers in Blue, SSp lifers in green
List below (T=Tenerife , f = Fuerteventura), Lifers in Blue, SSp lifers in green
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Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
(F) 1 Barranco de la Palmita and 1 Embalse de los Molinos . |
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Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
(F) 8 Embalse de los Molinos |
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Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara
(T) 2 Buenavista 2.3., 6 on TF-565 early morning, (F) one on drive. |
4
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Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
(T) 2 Amarilla Golf and 31 Faro de Rasca |
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Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
(F) 1 Barranco de la Palmita |
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Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
(T) 13 Palm Mar |
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta
(T) 7 Faro de Rasca and (F) 1 Puertito de los Molinos . |
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Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
(T) 2 Faro de Rasca . |
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Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus (EN)
(F) - 1 South of Tuineje, 1 Antigua plains |
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo insularum
(T) Common, (F) Common |
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Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae (VU)
(F) 3 Roadside fig tree copse 6.3. |
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Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
(T) Erjos pools (F) Barranco de la Palmita |
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Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
(T) Erjos pools, (F) Barranco de la Palmita.
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Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
(F) 15-Barranco del Rio Cabras, NW of Airport, 10+ Los Molinos Rsvr. |
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Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
(T) 1 Montana Roja |
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Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
(F) 2 Barranco del Rio Cabras, NW of Airport . |
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Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
(T) 2 Buenavista |
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Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
(F) Puertito de los Molinos |
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Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
(F) 2 Barranco del Rio Cabras, |
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Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
(F) 1 Barranco del Rio Cabras, |
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Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
(F) 2 on 5th Tindaya Plains, 1 on 6th, 1 near Los Molinos |
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Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
(T) Common 1 Montana Roja and 1 Buenavista . atlantis: 10 Palm Mar (F) Common |
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Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
(T) 4 Faro de Rasca |
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Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
(F) 2 Rosa del Taro pond, 2 over car on 7th, 2 at airport 8th |
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Rock Dove Columba livia
(T) - common (F) common. |
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Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii Endemic
(T) 3 Barranco de Ruiz. |
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Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae (NT) Endemic
(T) 5 La Grimona Viewpoint and 3 Barranco de Ruiz |
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Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
(T) Common, (F) Common |
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Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
(T) 2 Amarilla Golf (F) 4 Las Penatas Mirrador and 2 Barranco del Rio Cabras, |
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Plain Swift Apus unicolor
(T) 20 Barranco de Ruiz and 12 Las Lajas |
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Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
(F) 2 Embalse de los Molinos |
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Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
(T)1 La Escalona ,1 Amarilla Golf (F) 1 Barranco de la Palmita , 3 Tindaya Plains, 1 Barranco del Rio Cabras, and 1 Embalse de los Molinos |
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Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major canariensis
(T) Common around Las Lajas and sites down to Villaflor |
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Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus dacotiae
(T) fairly common, (F) fairly common |
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Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
(T) 2 Barranco de Ruiz (F) 1 on drive |
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Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor koenigi
(T) 1 Palm Mar , (F) 2 or 3 Tindaya plains, several on drives, 1 Barranco del Rio Cabras, and 1 Embalse de los Molinos |
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Northern Raven Corvus corax tingitanus
1 La Escalona 1.3, 1 Barranco de la Palmita 5.3, 1 Puertito de los Molinos 5.3 and 1 Las Peñitas--Mirrador de las Peñitas 6.3. |
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African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae teneriffae
(T) several from hotel Las Escolana, sites up to Las Lajas.
African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae degener:
(F) 3 Las Penetas, Vega de Rio Palmas, 1 Barranco del Rio Cabras.
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Lesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
(F) Several Tindaya Plains. |
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Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis Endemic
(T) Common and distinctive |
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Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
(T) 1 Barranco de Ruiz |
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Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata
(T) 3 Amarilla Golf , 1 Faro de Rasca , (F) 1 Rosa del Taro pond, 1 Puertito de los Molinos and 3/4 Vega Rio Del Palmas |
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Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala leucogastra
(T) fairly common (F) Vega Rio del Palmas |
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Goldcrest Regulus regulus teneriffae
(T) Site between 1 Las Lajas and Villaflor |
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Common Blackbird Turdus merula cabrerae
(T) Mostly around hotel La Escalona |
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European Robin Erithacus rubecula superbus
(T) Only 1 sighting Barranco de Ruiz |
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Canary Islands Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae (NT) Endemic
(T) 1 Rosa del Taro pond and 4 Barranco del Rio Cabras, . |
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Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
(T) 1 Buenavista (F) 6 Barranco de la Palmita 5.3. |
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Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
(T) 1 La Escalona and 1 Barranco de Ruiz . |
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White Wagtail Motacilla alba
(F) 1 Barranco del Rio Cabras, NW of Airport 7.3. |
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Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii
(T) 1 El Portillo , 2 Montana Roja , 5/6 Palm Mar (F) Common on desert plains |
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Tenerife Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea (NT) Endemic
(T) U to 6+ on all visits to Las Lajas and pine areas above Villaflor. |
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Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
(F) 4 Barranco del Rio Cabras, |
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European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
(F) 6 Vega Rio del Palmas, Las Penitas. |
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Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
(T) Common, especially in pine forests (F) Just in Vega Rio del Palmas, Las Penitas |
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