A productive morning at the nearby headland Punta de n'Amer Ebird list here with a nice suite of migrants including Redstart, Blue-headed and Grey-headed Wagtails, Short-toed Lark, Bee-eaters, Northern Wheatears, Turtle Dove, Willow Warblers,Woodchat Shrikes and flocks of Swifts moving in. Also at least five 'Spotted Flycatchers' and several also in the tourist district we are staying in- presumably both Mediterranean Flycatcher and Spotted Flycatcher are out here at the moment with Spotted Flycatchers still to move through towards northern destinations.
Spotted/Mediterranean Flycatcher (above and below) - the lightly streaked breast on this bird suggests a Mediterranean Flycatcher but presumably considering the other suite of migrants present these could also be birds heading north.
Woodchat Shrike- the white patch at the base of primaries suggests a nominate race. I did see 'Balearic Shrike' (badius) this morning with a male type bird with no white at the primary bases
Male Sardinian Warbler- I estimated about 30+ of these on the peninsula- really tightly packed territories
Thekla Lark- apparantely there are no Crested Larks on Mallorca which makes identification easy although this bird was giving a churning call very similar to Crested Lark so presumably the two species share that particular vocalisation- planning on doing some sound recording on Wednesday so hopefully will get some samples of the local sounds
Stone Curlew- the habitat looks perfect on the peninsula for them
Grey-headed Wagtail
Male Cirl Bunting
'Mediterranean' Shag
Balearic Shearwaters
Habitat at Punta de n'Mer comprised of low junipers and ploughed small fields grazed by horses ascending to Pine and scrub on the high elevations of the promontory.
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