MALLORCA – 16. – 23.01.2000
 
Altogether 85 Species including: Raptors 8, Waders 9, Songbirds 28, Others 40. Noticeably common (besides House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans)) were Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) and Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros). Not in such large numbers, but omnipresent in suitable habitat were Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) and Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus). 

Detailed Sightings: 

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) 10 from 6 Sightings, various locations 

Shearwater spec. 1, Port de Soller/Cap Gros (prob. Mediterranean Shearwater)

Gannet (Sula bassana) 1, Colonia San Pedro 

Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 15, S´Albufera 

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 6, Torrent de Jordi

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 4 from 3 sightings, various locations 

Great White Egret (Egretta alba) 1, Torrent de Jordi 

Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) 1, Es Cillobar b. S´Albufera 

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 2 see above 

Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) 2 see above 

Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) 30 S´Albufera 

Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) 1 ad. M see above 

Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) 2 ad. Ind., Embalse de Cuber 

Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) 3 ad. Ind. light Morphe from 2 sightings

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) 10, S´Albufera 

Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) 4 (1 dead, run over), Salobrar de Campos/Salinen area 

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 90, Salinen 

Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) 30 see above 

Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii) 1 ad. Ind. Platja Es Trenc 

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) 1 Salobrar de Campos/Salinen 

Crag Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) 30 from 3 sightings, various locations 

Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) 1 S´Albufera 

Fan-tailed Warbler (Cisticola juncidis) 1 see above 

Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) 1 see above 

Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) several, various locations 

Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) several, various locations

Christoph Bock, Berlin


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