Just an update in case anyone else visits the area of UZUMULU:
14th -21st August
Situated high above Fethiye, Uzumulu is a fairly quite and unspoilt village. Surrounded by either pine woodland or Olive groves our apartment was 400mtrs from the village centre.
This was a family holiday so I kept the birdwatching to a minimum and only made a couple of walks to the pine forests.
List of birds seen from the apartment were:
House Sparrows (200+ came to roost every evening in the bushes adjacent to our apartment garden). Jays (the cervicalis variety with black cap) were abundant in the olive groves and nearby woodlands close to the apartment and would have made for great flight images if I had taken the camera and 400mm lense. GS Woodpeckers were nearly as abundant as the Jays. Our apartments played home to 17 House Martin nests, all were empty except for 2 that kept the adults busy feeding the few juveniles left in the nests. Collared Doves spent all day on the wires and in the stubble fields, being kept company in the blistering heat by the Blackbirds in the bushes below...
Other birds seen from the apartment and very close up were Goldfinch, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow warbler, Grey Wagtail (usualy coming to the pool side), Sedge Warbler and the best of all a Sombre tit that stood atop one of the olive bushes right alongside the pool.
The 5 minute walk to the base of the pine covered hill brought 3 Crested Lark (also seen at Tlos village an hour away) a juvenile Woodchat Shrike and juvenile Red Backed Shrike. The hill itself brought Krupers Nuthatch (at least 10 counted), Sardinian Warbler, Chaffinch, Great tit, Coal Tits by the dozen and the Tukey species of Long Tailed Tit (alpinus). A single Spotted Flycatcher made up for the ones I have missed back home this year.
The hillside also brought Red squirrels (I saw 3 in 5 minutes), Tortoise and a Blue Tailed lizard that I havent found the correct name of yet.
Swallowtail butterflys are in massive numbers all around the village.
My Lark & Warbler ID skills are very average at best and I know I missed at least 1 other Lark that flew through and 3-4 Warblers that I couldnt ID, although I borrowed a friends camera for a short walk so will get some ID help later on on at least one Warbler.
I didnt particularly have to try to find these birds, I simply spent a few hours during the week walking around the village, so with some dedicated time and less intensive 40 degree heat, I think UZUMULU is a good birding location and merely a 20 minute drive up the mountain from Fethiye on the coast
Dave
