Wednesday
2 March
Some early mist to burn off but the wind had dropped
considerably and we had the promise of a very warm day as we headed off inland
to visit the Mount Teide area in the
centre of the island. Beautiful scenery
and somewhat colder as we drove higher and higher and eventually passed the
2,500 metre level. The recent snow had
been cleared from the road but the considerable number of cars in the area made
it very difficult to find a parking space.
But we did take every opportunity possible.
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| Raven |
With Kestrel,
Collared Dove, Canary, Tenerife Blue
Tit, Blackbird, Canary Chiffchaff,
Blackcap and Yellow-legged Gull under our belts before we stopped for morning
coffee in Vilaflor, we arrived at KM59
on the TF21 expecting wondrous sightings. |
| Blue Chaffinch |
Very cold and with few people about we soon located
the Blue Chaffinches and then the
first of three Great Spotted Woodpeckers. Also present was a Tenerife Blue Tit and a pair of Ravens.
Travelling on past Mount Teide and its snowy surroundings we made a circular tour back
to Base and south of La Oratava on the TF324 towards Cruz Santa we had, first, a Sparrowhawk
on the wire followed almost immediately by both Common Buzzard and Kestrel.
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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| Very distant Cattle Egret on golf course |
Only 15
species today but, yet again, at least one new bird for our Tenerife
visit. Tomorrow, Thursday and our last
full day, it s into Los Cristianos and the possibility of Spotless Starling and
Monk Parakeet. Now that really is
desperate birding!
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| Introduced Whistling Duck on the golf course? |
Birds seen:
Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk,
Kestrel, Yellow-legged Gull, Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap,
Blackbird, Canary Chiffchaff, Tenerife Blue Tit, Raven, Blue Chaffinch, Canary.
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