1. Alcudia, Mallorca

21/6 -5/7 1996

Ateljé Gebbe

Mainly an observation list of birds from PARC NATURAL DE S´ALBUFERA, CAN PICAFORT, MALLORCA
ESPANA

A summer- holiday report

Tachybaptus ruficollis 1 found dead, Ses Salinetes.
common heard everywhere in Sa Roca surround.

Nycticorax nycticorax < 5 Ses Salinetes, 15 - 20 Sa Roca - surrounding

Ardeola ralloides 1 Ses Salinetes

Egretta garzetta > 10 Ses Salinetes , 4 Sa Roca

Ardea cinerea 2 S Alcudia

Ardea purpurea common

Anas strepera 2 ( pair) Sa Roca

Anas platyrhynchos common

Netta rufina < 40 Sa Roca, >20 Es Cibollar

Circus aeruginosus < 3 Ses Salinetes, Sa Roca

Falco tinunclus 2 (pair) Síllot - Ses Salinetes

Falco eleonorae 10 - 20 Alcudia, Ses Salinetes, Sa Roca

Coturnix coturnix 1 heard, S´ illot

Porzana pusilla 1 heard, Ses Salinetes - S´ illot

Rallus aquaticus common

Gallinula chloropus common

Porphyrio porphyrio 7 Sa Roca - surrounding

Fulica atra common
 

Himantopus himantopus common

Charadrius dubius 2 (pair) Ses Salinetes

Charadrius alexandrinus 2 (pair) Ses Salinetes

Larus ridibundus 10 - 15 Ses Salinetes

Larus cachinnans common

Columba livia (domestic) common

Columba palumbus 2 Ses Salinetes

Apus apus common

Apus pallidus 1 Es Cibollar

Merops apiaster 1 heard, Sa Roca, 10 - 20 breeding, S´illot

Upupa epops < 10 1 pair breeding S´illot, Alcudia, Ses Salinetes, Sa Roca.

Calandrella brachydactula 8 - 10 S´illot, 1 pair breeding

Riparia riparia < 40 for nightrest i reed, Gran Canal

Hirundo rustica > 10 in the area

Delichon urbica common

Motacilla flava iberiae 15 - 20 Ses Salinetes, Sa Roca - surrounding.

Luscinia megarhynchos < 20 heard

Saxicola torquata common

Turdus merula common

Locustella luscinoides 1 heard at Ses Salinetes

Cisticola juncidis common

Cettia cetti common

Acrocephalus melanopogon 30 - 50

Acrocephalus arundinaceus common 1 nest found at Ses Salinetes along the roadside.

Acrocephalus scirpaceus < 20

Sylvia atricapilla 10 -15

Sylvia melanocephala common

Muscicapa striata common

Parus major common

Lanius senator > 20 pairs with juveniles.

Passer domesticus common

Fringilla coelebs > 15

Serinus serinus common

Carduelis chloris common

Carduelis carduelis common

Carduelis cannabina > 25

Emberiza schoeniclus > 20

Miliaria calandra 2 S´illot - Ses Salinetes

Apart from this list of the region of Albufera, I can report 1 Streptopelia decaocto, close to the Cave in the near of Porto Christo.

Gebbe Björkman

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, in courtship

Eleonora Falcon, Falco eleonorae, gliding

Stilt, Himantopus himantopus, warning

Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, with dragonfly

House Martins, Delichion urbica, at nests

Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, in reed-bed

Serin, Serinus serinus, singing male

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