Canary Islands - 24th July - 7th August 1998

Published by Ross Ahmed (ma002a5887 AT blueyonder.co.uk)

Participants: Ross Ahmed

Comments

Most time was given over to mainland seawatching on Tenerife, plus a return trip on the Tenerife-La Gomera ferry. All Playa de la Arena unless stated.

Seabirds were the focus:

Bulwer's Petrel - 1 28/7, 2 29/7 La Gomera ferry, 3 3/8

Cory's Shearwater - small numbers 24/7, good numbers 25/7, 100+ 26/7, 353 28/7, 100s (La Gomera ferry)

Little Shearwater - 3N 25/7, 3 26/7,1 28/7, 5 29/7 (La Gomera ferry), 4 4/8, 1 5/8

European Storm-petrel - 6 25/7, 5 26/7, 2 29/7 (La Gomera ferry), 9 4/8

Manx Shearwater - small numbers

Other species:

Little Egret
Buzzard (insularum)
Osprey
Kestrel (canariensis)
Turnstone
Whimbrel
Yellow-legged Gull (atlantis)
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Plain Swift
Berthelot's Pipit
Grey Wagtail (canariensis)
Blackbird (cabrerae)
Spectacled Warbler (orbitalis)
Blackcap
Canarian Chiffchaff
Canerian Kinglet
Blue Tit (teneriffae)
Spanish Sparrow
Chaffinch (tintillon)
Goldfinch
Linnet (meadewaldoi)