CBBC Field Trip today was excellent! Lovely weather, good company, great cakes provided by Greta Owen, nice lunch …. Oh and a few good birds too! Highlights were, at El Clot – Wryneck, at Carabassi beach – Red breasted Merganser, Common Scoter, On the Salinas – Spoonbill, Osprey, at the PFT – Booted Eagles, Skylarks, near Vistabella road – Great Spotted Eagle maybe? These birds were seen by me, other birders may have seen a few more.
Species list – Spoonbill, Cormorant, Shag, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Greater Flamingo, Mallard, Red breasted Merganser, Common Scoter, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Osprey, Booted Eagle, Great Spotted Eagle, Kestrel, Black winged Stilt, Avocet, Sanderling, Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Audouin’s Gull, Yellow legged Gull, Collared Dove, Wryneck, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Southern Grey Shrike, Spotless Starling, Black Redstart, Sardinian Warbler, Skylark.