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    Birding Ibiza

    An early evening visit to Ses Salines produced only my second Great White Egret of the spring so far. More interestingly, for Ibiza anyway, we’re at least 3 smaller gulls but they were just too distant to i.d.....
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    Birding Ibiza

    The Bee-eater passage peaked at just over 300 on one day las week, but it’s dried up almost completely with several blank days and now just 2 heading north this morning. At Ses Salines there’s a Little Tern and Pallid Swift, a few Balearic Warblers still singing and it seems nearly every...
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    Birding Ibiza

    There’s been a steady stream of European Bee-eaters heading north over Cala de Bou. Estimated over 200 so far since I started watching from 9am - 12 noon. Also 4 Booted Eagles flying NW, a few Thekla’s Larks heard overhead, there’s a pair of Turtle Doves nesting in the garden, and hordes of...
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    Birding Ibiza

    Today over Cala de Bou there was a flock of 35 European Bee-eaters circling and seen on 4 occasions. They didn’t seem to be in any hurry to head north and my observations were spread over several hours. There’s not too much in the way of migrants today in light SE winds apart from a major...
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    Birding Ibiza

    Back on Ibiza after a week away and just had a flock of at least 6 European Bee-eaters flying around the hills south of San Antonio. They seem to be feeding up and not really heading in any direction.
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    Birding Ibiza

    Thanks Martin. That will be really useful.
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    Birding Ibiza

    Just wondered where I can find an official list of birds in Ibiza? Would be really useful to know the status of birds here as there’s such a difference between eg Ibiza & Mallorca with what is common, regular, scarce & rare etc.
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    Birding Ibiza

    Just wanted to post some recent good records from Ibiza this week: Ses Salines on 15th April had Marbled Duck (rare here), Purple Heron (uncommon and irregular), Great White Egret, Western Osprey and a drake Common Pochard. All these are really good birds here in Ibiza! The first Eleonora’s...
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