Bonifacio

Bonifacio Corsica, France

The town of Bonifacio is situated in the far south of Corsica and offers birders a good range of Mediterranean species including seabirds. There are limestone cliffs, a maquis-covered plateau and small, densely-vegetated valleys.

Common, Pallid and Alpine Swifts nest on the cliffs and Shag and Cory's and Yelkouan Shearwaters can be seen offshore. Birds of the plateau include Rock Sparrow and Blue Rock Thrush and typical Mediterranean scrub warblers such as Sardinian, Dartford and Marmora's can be found. Corsican Finch, an endemic species recently separated from the more widespread Citril Finch, is also present here. The town has Spotless Starling and Italian Sparrow, formerly considered a race of House Sparrow or a hybrid population but now treated as a subspecies of Spanish Sparrow. Eleonora's Falcon occurs on passage through this area and Alpine Accentor occurs in winter. The plateau is home to numerous orchids and in particular the spectacular Sawfly Orchid Ophrys tenthredenifera.

Bonifacio has hotel accommodation and there are campsites in the area.

Birds

Birds you can see here include:

Cory's Shearwater, Yelkouan Shearwater, Northern Gannet, Mediterranean Shag, Western Honey-Buzzard, Black Kite, Red Kite, Montagu's Harrier, Lesser Kestrel, Common Kestrel, Eleonora's Falcon, Yellow-legged Gull, Woodpigeon, Turtle Dove, Collared Dove, Common Swift, Pallid Swift, Alpine Swift, Wood Lark, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Tawny Pipit, Alpine Accentor, Nightingale, Blue Rock Thrush, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Redwing, Reed Warbler, Marmora's Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Great Tit, Spotless Starling, Italian Sparrow, Rock Sparrow, Chaffinch, European Serin, Corsican Finch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin, Linnet, Cirl Bunting, Corn Bunting

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