Cornwall Birding

A short but entertaining holiday report on a fortnight in Greece by young Devon birder Jyothi Ray…… 

As most of us look forwards to our October week on the magical islands that are the Scillies, more and more birders are heading for alternative (and probably cheaper!) October destinations. Regular contributor to Cornwall Birding, Chris Buckland, spent a week last October on the mediteranean island of Menorca………

Recently spent a week in Mallorca staying at Ca’n Picafort on the Eastern side, unfortunately it wasn’t a birding holiday this one was strictly for my wife, with her choice of places to visit etc. I’d had two weeks in Spain in May so couldn’t really complain. The only proviso was I would have a […]

Eastern Spain, an area I’ve never visited but with a reputation for good birds got me thinking where to go and where to stay, this was soon settled when I found Olivaramatours on the internet. This is a bird tour/holiday company run by an English couple, Julian (Jules) and Amanda Sykes, in Oliva about half-way […]

Portugal in November, what’s it like for birding? Having just got back from 2 weeks there I found it excellent, with good numbers and variety of birds in many areas along the Algarve.
I managed 133 species without trying to rattle up a large list, going more for photography and spending most of my time on […]

Read on for an excellent informative birding trip report to Spain in the first two weeks of May ’07. Superb photos of Spanish specialities included.
Recently back from an excellent two weeks in Spain, with plenty of quality birds and some photos – which was the main reason for the trip.
This time I decided to visit […]

Mallorca  - 9th to 14th May 07

Day one  - got up at first light and walked from the Hotel in Alcudia out towards the farm land that lies towards Polenca the first sightings were flocks of Fan-tailed Warblers followed by lots of Stonechats every were you looked there were chats and Fan-tailed Warblers.Was not long […]

Lesvos – 10th May – 24th May 2007 by Mark Halliday
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My family and I stayed at the quiet holiday resort of Scala Kalloni, which is a great central location and probably has the greatest concentration of birds on the island around that area. Although mid April to early May is the […]

The weather in Cornwall today finally prompted me to do this trip report, wishing i was still there in the sunshine! First and foremost this was not a birding holiday. It was a family holiday with the opportunity to do a bit of birding. The fact that i managed to get out nearly everyday almost […]