Destinations
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Discovering Menorca 17 – 24 April 2009
Flight cancellations due to volcanic dust meant this group was cancelled on the day of departure. We re-scheduled to 14 – 21 May 2010 for the group members who could make this later date.
Birds
The open countryside is full of birds. Thekla and short-toed larks and hoopoes sing from dry stone walls; stone-curlews skulk in rocky fields, woodchat shrikes, ravens and tawny pipits are often seen and quail heard.
There is never a dull moment as the sky seems frequently full of birds of prey. Menorca holds concentrations of booted eagles, Egyptian vultures and red kites, the kites happily increasing after a period of decline.
In spring the island provides a stepping stone for birds migrating across the Mediterranean – so anything can turn up. Regular migrants include red-rumped swallows and golden orioles. Bee-eaters come to nest in sand quarries. Resident birds include blue rock thrushes, stonechats, moustached and Sardinian warblers.
Flowers
Pastures, coastal rocks and sand dunes provide a range of attractive wild flowers such asmirror orchids and small tongue orchids can be abundant.
Other wildlife
Other wildlife includes huge Egyptian grasshoppers and, in wetter areas, stripeless tree frogs and terrapins.
Booted eagle
(Mika Selin www.birdnet.fi)
Egyptian vulture
(Mika Selin www.birdnet.fi)
Egyptian grasshopper (Christine Willey)
