Family holiday to the small resort of S'Algar, and guided trip with Javier of Menorca Walking Birds.
S'Algar
Swift
Pallid Swift
Yellow Leggged Gull
Audouins Gull
Swallow
Linnet
House Sparrow
Colloard Dove
Wood Pigeon
Blackbird
Sardinian Warbler
Steppe Birds of Menorca, guided trip
Hoopoe, (7)
Raven, flock of 50 or 60
Thekla Lark
Short Toed Lark
Tawny Pipit
Blue Rock Thrush
Corys Shearwater
Red Kite
Booted Eagle
Woodchat Shrike
Spotless Starling, (30)
Cattle Egret, breeding roost of 150 nests and about 200birds
Bee Eater, (6)
Alpine Swift, (20)
Swift
Pallid Swift
Spotted Flycatcher
Shag (30
Yellow Legged Gull
Peregrine
Kestrel
Red Legged Partridge
Honey Buzzard (rare sighting for this time of year)
Anyone thinking of visiting Menorca and doesn't fancy hiring a car I would really recommend talking to Javier of Menorca Walking Birds. He knows the island really well, knows where the birds are, but is so atuned to local sites he instinctively finds birds without trying too hard. His website is
www.menorcawalkingbirds.com The half day trip I took cost 40euro, well spent.
Andrew