Birdwatching Holidays in Spain, Morocco & more… BOLETAS Birdwatching centre 22192 Loporzano (Huesca) – Spain tel/fax 00 34 974 262027 or 01162 889318 e.mail: [email protected] // www.boletas.org Esther Diago Millán - NIF 38493051K BIRD HIGHLIGHTS TOUR DATES Canary Islands August 30th to Sept 6th Party: John Wheeler , Gill Wheeler, Marck Easterwood, Andrew Bray Tour Leader : Josele J. Saiz Total Number of Species : 68 Weather & Sites: Day 1 – London to Tenerife Day 2 – Sunny – Teide National aprk – Las Lajas – Las Mercedes Natural Park ( Tenerife) Day 3 – Sunny – Ruiz Gorge – Monte del Agua – Punta del Teno ( Tenerife) Day 4 – Cloudy – Barranco Cabras – Las Salinas - Los Molinos – ( Fuerteventura) Day 5 – Sunny & windy – El Jable – Tiscamanita- Catalina Garcia – La Oliva ( Fuerteventura) Day 6 – Sunny – Fuertecventura to Tenerife – Montaña Roja & Punta Rasca ( Tenerife) Day 7 – Sunny – Ferry From Tenerife to LA Gomera .- Garajonay Nationla Park ( La Gomera) Day 8 – Sunny – Flight Home Money for conservation has gone to : SEO-Canarias English & Scientific Names 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii 2 Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 80+ 10+ 3 50+ 3 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 4 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 5 Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis baroli 3 6 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 7 Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro 8 Gannet Morus bassanus 9 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 10 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 3 12 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 2 1 1 2 13 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 14 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 2 15 Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris 16 Red Kite Milvus migrans 17 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 5 18 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus granti 1 1 19 Buzzard Buteo buteo insularum 4 x x x x 20 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus canariensis/dacotiae x x x x x x 22 Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae 23 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides 1 24 Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara 3 7 25 Quail Coturnix coturnix 26 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus x x 27 Coot Fulica atra x 28 Hubara Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae 8 29 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 5 30 Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus insularum/distinctus 5 31 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor 5 6 32 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 33 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula x x x 34 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 1 35 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1 36 Sanderling Calidris alba 4 37 Little Stint Calidris minuta 38 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 39 Dunlin Calidris alpina 1 1 40 Red Knot – Calidris canuta 1 41 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 42 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 43 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 44 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 2 1 1 45 Spotted Redsank Tringa erytropus 1 46 Redshank Tringa totanus 2 1 47 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 49 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 3 3 50 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1 51 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 52 Great Skua Catharacta skua 1 53 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 54 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 55 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis atlantis x x x x x x 56 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis x 57 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 58 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis 12+ 59 Rock Dove Columba livia x x x x x x 60 Bolle´s Pigeon Columba bollii 1 2 15+ 61 Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae 7 1 62 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto x x x x x x 63 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1 64 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 65 Barn Owl Tyto alba 66 Long-eared Owl Asio otus canariensis 67 Alpine Swift Apus melba 68 Plain Swift Apus unicolor x x 2 4 69 Swift Apus apus x x x 70 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus x 2 6+ 4 71 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 1 72 Hoopoe Upupa epops 2 4 2 73 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendroc. major canariensis 5+ 74 Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens polatzeki 40+ 1 75 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 76 Swallow Hirundo rustica 77 House Martin Delichon urbica 78 Berthelot’s Pipit Anthus berthelotii 8 10 x 20 x 79 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 80 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea canariensis h x 81 Robin Erithacus rubecula superbus 2 82 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 83 Fuerteventura Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae 2 4 84 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 85 Blackbird Turdus merula cabrerae x x x x 86 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 87 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata orbitalis 2 5 3 4 88 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala leucogastra h 89 Whitethroat Sylvia communis 90 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 1 h h h 91 Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 92 Canary Island Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis x x x x 93 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 94 Canary Islands Goldcrest Regulus teneriffae 10+ 10+ 10+ 95 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1 96 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 97 Blue Tit Parus caeruleus degener/teneriffae 4 7 1 x 98 Southern Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor koenegi 1 7+ 4 3 1 99 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 100 Raven Corvus corax canariensis 10+ x x 101 House Sparrow Passe domesticus x 102 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 50+ 10+ 103 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 104 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs canariensis 6 1 7 105 Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea teydea 10+ 106 Canary Serinus canarius 107 Greenfinch Carduelis chloris h 108 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis x 109 Linnet Carduelis cannabina meadewaldoi/harterti 6+ 10+ 110 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus amantum 25+ 2 111 Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra 112 Mediterranean Shearwater – Puffinus Balearica 3 113 Spoonbill – Platalea Leucorodia 1 114 Serin – Serinus serinus 1 OTHER SIGHTINHGS Rabbit – Oryctolagos cuniculus Barbary Ground Squirrel - Atlantoxerus getules Short-fin Pilot Whale - Globicephala melaena Canary Lizard – Galotia galloti Canary Skink – Chalcides viridanus Clouded Yellow Monarch Canary Speckled Wood Green Striped White Large White Small White Bath White Painted Lady Cleopatra Cardinal Long-tailed Blue Canary Blue Emperor Dragonfly Red-veined Darter .