2 May 25

Day 10.

Hotel, Carrer Can Vauma, Wildlife Corridor, Avenue Pere Mas i Reus, Badia d Alcudia and Cami de Can Blau

Either side of Carrer Can Vauma is a Wildlife Corridor, which Dawn and I only discovered today. It appears to be an abandon road, with the flora and fauna being allowed to regenerate itself.

It was certainly an interesting walk with new bugs and plants recorded.

Birds Recorded:
Little Egret

Mallard

Coot

Yellow-legged Gull

Audouin's Gull

5 Common Tern

Wood Pigeon

Collared Dove

Swift

Hoopoe (heard)

Nightingale

Blackbird

Cetti's Warbler

Zitting Cisticola

Blackcap

Sardinian Warbler

Firecrest

Balearic Spotted Flycatcher

House Sparrow

Goldfinch

Greenfinch

Serin

An Audouin's Gull

Below are a few images and videos of the Common Terns along the shoreline.

A Common Tern on the rocks here.

And another Common Tern fishing here.

This is a Fan-tailed Warbler, also known as the Zitting Cisticola, and is a common bird species in Mallorca. In the background you can just make out another Fan-tailed Warbler, a Hoopoe, Sardinian Warbler, Greenfinch and a Cetti's Warbler just as a cyclist past by. This Fan-tailed Warbler was singing here.

This Sardinian Warbler was....................

.................singing on the opposite side to the Fan-tailed Warbler here.

Fish Recorded:

Grey Mullet

Grey Mullet

Amphibians Recorded:
Marsh Frog


Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Chaser sp.


Butterflies Recorded:
Southern Small White
African Monarch

Moths Recorded:
Moth sp.

Bees Recorded:
Spanish Honey Bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis)

Sicilian Mortar Bee (Megachile sicula)

This very dark brown bee is most likely the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis). And also goes by the name of Spanish Honey Bee. These particular bees are often dark brown to jet-black.

Possibly another Spanish Honey Bee next to the beach

This stunning looking bee on this Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) is a Leafcutter Bee....

.................Sicilian Mortar Bee (Megachile sicula)...............

It also goes by the name of Chalicodoma sicula. More on this bee here.

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies


Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Ladybird sp.

2 Beetle sp.

Shieldbug sp.

Rose Chafer (Protaetia opaca)

White Spotted Rose Chafer (Oxythyrea funesta)

A Rose Chafer (Protaetia opaca) which I came across here.

A White Spotted Rose Chafer (Oxythyrea funesta) in what looks like a scabious sp.

Spiders Recorded:

Comb-footed Spider (Enoplognatha sp.)

This is a Comb-footed Spider (Enoplognatha sp.)

Ants Recorded:
Ant sp.


Plants:

Yellow Bartsia (Parentucellia viscosa)
Blue Viper’s Bugloss (Echium vulgare)
Foxglove Tree ( Paulownia tomentosa)

This is Yellow Bartsia (Parentucellia viscosa)..............

...............and is a plant found through much of Europe.

This mass of blue flowers are the invasive.............

..................Blue Viper’s Bugloss (Echium vulgare)..............

...............which also goes by the name of Blueweed. More on this plant here.

And this unusual looking tree is............

...........a Foxglove Tree ( Paulownia tomentosa) and originates from China. It is a fast growing deciduous tree which also goes by the name of Empress tree or Paulownia. More on this tree here.

General shots:

Eco Corridor starting here and finishing  here.

The eco corridor here, which is now a silent road, with just bikers and walkers using it.

Plus of course me and Dawn.

Aircraft today:

This aircraft is the EC-XTI aircraft and is registered to Airmax Seamax M-22. It is a seaplane based at Mallorca-Pollensa.