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    Mallorca 2023

    Nice pix- but where was the White Stork?.........
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    Mallorca 2023

    Hello again from wet Northampton and 13 degrees. On the last point about Marsh Harriers I remember going to Norfolk on holiday one year at about this time, and not seeing many Marsh Harriers at all at coastal reserves such as Cley Marshes compared to expectations. The answer came in an article...
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    Mallorca 2023

    Years ago the wires along the rough lane behind the Pollentia/Uyal hotels was the place to get views of Scops Owls- but you needed to put in time to establish the routines of the particular birds.....
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    Mallorca 2023

    Hi Tris- to repeat a sad story often rehearsed on this site, there were Scops Owls in Port de Pollenca, often in the area you quote near the Guardia Civil barracks by the sea front childrens playground at the Carrer de la Xarxa, just south of La Gola. The breeding site varied but in 2010 I...
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    Mallorca 2023

    There was an article in The Times recently about the Formentor Hotel and it stated that it was being "modernised" by demolition! It also implied some rather questionable actions by the local authorities involved. I thought that it was protected due to it's architectural merit. We used to go on...
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    Mallorca 2023

    Slightly away from the present but I got a present on Friday as a belated Christmas gift from my younger son- a copy of the art book "Birds in Mallorca" by John Busby from 1988 (second-hand but still in excellent condition). He has a very distinctive style which brings the birds to life, but I...
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    Mallorca 2023

    Thanks so much for keeping this forum going, Mike- I am also now 72 and I don't see a visit being on this year- but you never know. At least I am not restricted to school/university holidays anymore! Just popping out to hopefully see the two overwintering Yellow-browed Warblers near Northampton...
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