With the threat of strong easterly winds we decided to pay a visit to S’Albufera Nature Reserve this morning in the forlorn hope of seeing the reported Baillon’s Crake, which we didn’t of course. However a male Eurasian Golden Oriole greeted our arrival and we also saw Great White Egret and Great Reed Warbler before the masses arrived early this morning. We visited 6 hides during the course of our visit before lunch and enjoyed seeing a good selection of species at quite close range. Highlights from this morning include Marbled Ducks, Red-knobbed Coots, a flock of approx. 12 summer-plumaged Spotted Redshanks, 1 or 2 Collared Pratincoles, Common Terns and a couple of pairs of Garganey.
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Collared Pratincole
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| Little Egret |
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| Western Marsh Harrier |
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| Spotted Redshanks (left) |
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| Western Swamphen |
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Zitting Cisticola
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Red-knobbed Coot
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| More Western Marsh Harriers |
After lunch at our finca we drove to the lighthouse at the end of Formentor Peninsula in near gale-force winds and didn’t see a lot apart from some terrific scenery, a Peregrine Falcon and some Eurasian Crag-Martins.
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| Formentor Peninsula |
So we didn’t dally here and dropped into the base of the Bocquer Valley which was also quiet and a small wood opposite was similarly quiet. So we returned to our base in the rural Mallorcan countryside for an early finish, a few drinks and some time to relax and enjoy our final dinner together.
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