PUNTA UMBRIA
On Saturday I went for an afternoon walk around the wooded hillside of Punta Umbria just north of the village. Even though I was in the shade for a lot of the walk it was very hot.
Hardly a bird showed but the oak trees were covered in Purple Hairstreak butterflies, it must be a bumper year for this species.
For the last two days I have changed my walking from evening to the early morning because it is now getting too hot to walk, even at 8pm.
During both morning walks, (8am starts) the weather was superb, clear blue sky and
no wind. I could see that the coast was shrouded in thick cloud and sea
mist, glad I'm not down there.
I was pleasantly surprised to find several birds still singing at this time of the year but disappointed because of the lack of raptors - there should be many birds (especially Black Kites) returning to Africa at this time.
I heard several Bonelli's Warblers singing and also Blackcaps, a European Robin and a Wood Pigeon. There were also Eurasian Jays, Common Blackbirds & Common Chaffinches. It was nice to see many family parties of Blue Tit, Great Tit, Sardinian Warblers, European Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpeckers.
Other sightings included: European Serin, Short-toed Treecreeper, Firecrest and I heard Crested Tit but failed to see it.
I didn't take my camera with me but will do next time.
Red-throated Bee-eater
join us for a fantastic tour of The Gambia this November
No comments:
Post a Comment