Hoping to post a full trip report from my recent trip to Fuerteventura in the near future, but now here's a small selection of images of some of the trips highlights. Houbara Bustard, Cream-coloured Courser, Fuerteventura Chat, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Berthelot's Pipit, Stone Curlew, Desert Grey Shrike, Fuerteventura Chat, Egyptian Vulture, Audouins Gull, Red -billed Tropicbird, Kentish Plover, Trumpeter Finch, Spoonbill, Booted Eagle, Barbary Partridge, Barbary Falcon, Subalpine Warblers,Laughing Dove, Turtle Dove, Pied Flycatcher, Canary Island Chiffchaff, Great Reed Warbler, Plain and Pallid Swift and much more.
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| Sandy plains at El Cotillio |
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| Flock of Black-bellied Sandgrouse |
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| Berthelot's Pipit |
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| Hoopoe |
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| Lava Fields at El Cottilo |
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| Black-bellied Sandgrouse |
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| Stonecurlew |
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| Whimbrel |
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| A typical Barranco at Betancuria, Fantastic habitat for many warblers and migrant birds |
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| African Blue Tit |
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| Hoopoe |
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| Kestrel |
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| Laughing Dove |
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| Painted Tiger Butterfly |
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| Painted Lady |
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| Sardinian Warbler |
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| Spannish Sparrow |
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| Turtle Dove |
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| Rarity on Fuerteventura!!! A Yellow-browed Warbler, One of 5 seen |
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| Audouins Gull |
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| Barbary Partridge |
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| Barbary Ground Squirrel |
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| Fuerteventura Stonechat |
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| Cory's Shearwaters passing in huge numbers off Correjalo |
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| Cream-coloured Courser on Tindaya Plains |
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| Los Moslinos reservoir |
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| Hoopoe- Very common, 20+ seen daily across the Island |
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| Houbara Bustard |
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| Displaying male Houbara Bustard |
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| Kentish Plover at Costa Calma beach |
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| LIzard |
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| Little Ringed Plover |
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| Monarch |
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| Monarch |
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| Ruddy Shelducks |
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| Desert Grey Shrike-Very common across Fuerteventura |
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| Spoonbills at Costa Calma beach |
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| Spectacled Warbler |
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| Spannish Sparrow |
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| Black-winged Stilts at Los Moslinos Reservoir |
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| Trumpeter Finch-Seen daily in the plains and barrancos |
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| Tindaya Plains-Great for Houbara Bustard and Coursers |
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| Eygptian Vulture and Raven |
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| Yellow-legged Gull |
Fuerteventura was a revelation for me. Such a wonderful fauna and flora ... Were it not that a flight causes a huge ecological footprint, I would go back as soon as possible...
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Kurt Geeraerts