Mallorca Fauna & Flora - 23 Apr to 7 May 25

After quite a few years, Dawn and I returned to Mallorca for another holiday on the island. This time we opted for the north of the island and chose a hotel close to the S'Albufera Natural Park.

The park is the largest wetland in the Balearic Islands, covering 1646,48 hectares which is just over 6 square miles. Not only is it the best birding spot in Mallorca, but one of the best places in Europe to see specialties like Purple Swamphen, Crested Coot and Marbled Teal. Though we didn't see Marbled Teal, we did see plenty of other fantastic bird species.

And it wasn't just S'Albufera Natural Park we visited but several other places of interest, which you can find below:
Day 1   -  Alcudia
Day 3  -   S'Albufera National Park
Day 5   -  Puig de Sant Marti
Day 6   -  Platja de Muro
Day 7   -  Alcudia (Old Town)
Day 9   -  Beach and Hotel


Mammals Recorded:
Dolphin sp.
Long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii)
Pipistrelle-type bat sp.
Horseshoe bat sp.


Birds Recorded
Great Crested Grebe
Little Grebe
Cormorant
Squacco Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Glossy Ibis
Greater Flamingo
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Red-crested Pochard
Red Kite
Common Buzzard
Booted Eagle
Marsh Harrier
Kestrel
Pheasant
Red-legged Partridge
Spotted Crake
Moorhen
Purple Swamphen
Coot
Crested Coot
Black-winged Stilt
Avocet
Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Ruff
Curlew
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Audouin's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Swift
Hoopoe
European Bee-eater
Sand Martin
Crag Martin
House Martin
Swallow
Grey Wagtail
Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava flava)
Nightingale
Stonechat
Blackbird
Grasshopper Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Zitting Cisticola
Sedge Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Western Subalpine Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Firecrest
Balearic Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata balearica)
Pied Flycatcher
Continental Coal Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Balearic Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator badius)
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Serin
Red Crossbill

Unidentified birds
Lark sp.
Eagle sp
Eagle sp.
Corvid sp.
Warbler sp.
Shearwater sp.
Parakeet sp.
Parakeet sp.

Feral birds recorded
Muscovy Duck (feral)
Feral pigeon

Squacco Heron

Cattle Egret

Purple Swamphen

Kentish Plover

Audouin's Gull


Reptiles Recorded:
Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Large Psammodromus (Psammodromus algirus)
Moorish Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)

Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)


Fish Recorded:
Grey Mullet - Either Thin-lipped (Liza ramada) or Thick-lipped (Chelon labrosus)


Amphibians Recorded:
Iberian Water Frog (Pelophylax perezi)
Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)


Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
Scarlet Darter (Crocothemis erythraea)
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) form violacea
Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)

A female Red-veined Darter


Butterflies Recorded:
Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
Southern Small White (Pieris mannii)
Southern Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria aegeria)
African Monarch (Danaus chrysippus)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra balearica) - Sub-species
Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)

African Monarch (Danaus chrysippus)

Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra balearica) - Sub-species

Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)


Moths Recorded:
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Pine Processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) - nest


Bees Recorded:
Great Banded Furrow Bee (Halictus scabiosae)
Violet Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea)
Spanish Honey Bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis)
Sicilian Mortar Bee (Megachile sicula)
Osmia sp.

Sicilian Mortar Bee (Megachile sicula)


Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Mirror Orchid Wasp (Dasyscolia ciliata)

Mirror Orchid Wasp (Dasyscolia ciliata)


Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Variable Duskyface (Melanostoma mellinum)


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


Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Red-necked Comb-clawed beetle (Heliotaurus ruficollis)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Yellow-legged Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera flavipes)
Rose Chafer (Protaetia opaca)
White Spotted Rose Chafer (Oxythyrea funesta)
Scarab Beetle (Hoplia dilutipes)
Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha lignosa)

Unidentified bugs and beetles
Ladybird sp.
Beetle sp.
Beetle sp.
Shieldbug sp.

White Spotted Rose Chafer (Oxythyrea funesta)


Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Egyptian Grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium)
European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa


Snails and Slugs Recorded:
Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus)
Goose Barnacle (Lepas anatifera)


Spiders Recorded:
Comb-footed Spider (Enoplognatha sp.)


Ants Recorded:
Ants sp.


Hydroids Recorded:
Velella (velella velella)


Crustaceans:
Marbled Rock Crab (Pachygrapsus marmoratus)


Plants:
Branched Asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)
Purple Milk Thistle (Galactites tomentosa)
Sea Stock (Matthiola sinuata)
Montpelier Rock Rose (Cistus monspeliensis)
Hairy Canary Clover (Lotus dorycnium)
Italian gladioli (Gladiolus italicus)
Cade Juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus)
False Sowthistle (Reichardia tingitana)
Mediterranean Linseed (Bellardia trixago)
Curry Plants (Helichrysum stoechas)
Marsh Orchid (Anacamptis palustris robusta)
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Devil's Apple (Solanum linnaeanum)
Yellow Bartsia (Parentucellia viscosa)
Blue Viper’s Bugloss (Echium vulgare)
Foxglove Tree ( Paulownia tomentosa)
Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pre-capri)
Castor Bean (Ricinus communis)
Sea Lavender (limonium sinuatum)
Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata)
Mediterranean Linseed (Bellardia trixago)
Paper Flower (Bougainvillea sp.)
Acacia Tree (Acacia sp.)

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)
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