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  1. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    I will, a nice report is coming, in a while I will post it! Today has been a day to remember!
  2. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi, Yesterday me and some local birders had a great day! The day started with a walk by Cami d'Es Polls (Albufera) were we saw/heard the four Acrocephalus warblers that could be seen in Mallorca: Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon), Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), Great Reed...
  3. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Not a full capote! We saw 1 Black Kite (Milvus migrans) 😅 😅 Also some Barn Swallows and House Martind and a group of 4 Meadow Pipits (Anthus pratensis) were passing during the morning. Tomorrow more and I hope, better! This afternoon 6 miles away from Portocristo coast 5 Storm Petrels...
  4. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    This afternoon at Finca PĂșblica de GalatzĂł (Es CapdellĂ ) some common migrants: -2 Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) -2 Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) -2 Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) -1 Whitethroat (Curruca communis) Also at least 3 Nightingales (Luscinia megharrynchos) and 1...
  5. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Saturday was a great migration day!! The Collared Pratincoles (Glareola pratincola) stille around the north, we found 1 at Albufereta at morning. And Pau Castell found a nice group of 5 Slender-billed Gulls (Chroicocephalus geneii) at Albufera, Cibollar 1. A nice group with 2 birds with a very...
  6. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! First of all, El Toro is a nice place to catch some migratory raptors! But I recommend to visit the place in the autumm season September and October!! I had seen there Honey Buzzards, Marsh Harriers, Black Kites, etc. going to the South on these months! At Spring the best place to see...
  7. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi Matt!! Are you confident about "several redstarts"?? Are you speaking about Phoenicurus phoenicurus? This would be the first record for the islands this year!! Also first Oystercatcher record of the year!
  8. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! This morning (16/03/2024) Dani Hinckley, Carlos López-Jurado and myself went to the tower hoping to see some raptors, to start the traditional G.O.R.A. Spring Migratory Raptors Count at Albercutx (Pollença). This this year we have started a little late, not like other years when we were...
  9. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! This photo is not mine! I report the observation on a local birding group but the one who took the photo and saw the group of cranes was Miquel Angel Mairata at El Toro. Regards
  10. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! This Peregrine use to be around there! I saw it once trying to hunt Golden Plovers (Pluvialis apricaria)! When he is around the place there's no plovers... Yesterday at Can Cuirassa (Pollença) with Pep Manchado we found a Red-Throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)! One bird more that seems to be...
  11. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! Today today luck was somehow still on my side! I went with Pep Manchado to El Toro again to see if we can find the Calandra Lark again! We found around 300 Skylarks at the place, even we could check with nice views a group of Skylarks with around 200 birds feeding on a field not so far...
  12. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! These days I could say that I have been very lucky with birdwatching! Last Friday at the traditional Albufera Winter Aquatic Birds Census we were able to enjoy a lot of birds in great numbers while the helicopter flew over the place (the helicopter was used to fly the birds so we could...
  13. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Identifying birds in photos makes me feel that I have learnt nothing in the 15 years I have been birdwatching... Photos can be very confusing and I believe that in many cases, even if we try, we cannot get definitive identifications... So still wondering which bird is it, if not an Oytercatcher...
  14. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! I keep my thought about Stonechat (Not Whinchat) and about the Yellow Hammers. But I have to correct myself about the posible Oystercatcher. Today taking more time on analysing the photos, I think this could be an Oystercatcher and not a Green Sandpiper as I said! Well if it’s that, this...
  15. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! I think the birds of the photos are a female Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) and a Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus). About the Yellow Hammers (Emberiza citrinella), I really doubt there could be any bredding birds at the island while the numbers of migrants and wintering are very low... Biel...
  16. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! This morning Toni Soler and I went to Sa Barrala, Carretera Es Trenc (Salobrar Campos) and before lunch to Pla de l'Anzell (Villafranca). At sa Barrala today we had the feling that there were less birds than other days at the place... The morning was very cold with only 1 degree at Sa...
  17. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! Today Toni Soler and I tried to birding at the north but the rain made it impossible, so we went to St Margalida for breakfast and then we reached Maria de la Salut. The rain had stopped so we were able to look for some birds there... The wind was sometimes strong and there was a lack of...
  18. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! Today Pep Manchado and me reached Orient to find some wintering birds... We were succesfull finding two Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla), first a male and then a female. Pep also spotted a male Yellow Hammer (Emberiza citrinella), sadly i missed this bird! I think this specie is...
  19. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi! Happy New Year to everyone! Today was my first birding day of the year with Toni Soler. We visited Sa Barrala and other southern hotspots. A little bit windy day but still nice for birding, we could find up to 76 species! The hightlight was the observation of a wintering Red-Throated Pipit...
  20. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2023

    Actually I think there have to be few Stock Doves wintering at the islands. But yes not many people are checking the common Wood Doves so they can be all around without being noticed.... I spent the last two months checking all of them without success but we'll keep on trying! Biel Bernat
  21. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2023

    Congratulations Dave! As Mike said, welcome to the 200 species club! At the moment I don't think there are any Hawfinch sightings this autumn / winter.... Hopefully some birds will arrive early in the year, we'll see.... But this afternoon I could see a Brambling with a Chaffinch flying over me...
  22. BielBernat

    Mallorca 2023

    Yes Mike! What a great birding day we had at Sa Barrala / Salobrar Campos! The day started with a young Pallid Harrier that was eating a dove without worrying about our presence, so we could enjoy the bird at short distance for at least 15-30', then the bird was attacked by a Hen Harrier...
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