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Wednesday 5 November 2014

Fuerteventura Day 2 - 31/10/14

An early start to get up to Tindaya Plain. I birded this area for a couple of hours without seeing too much, but It was very pleasant being the only human around for miles. I slowly made my way back down to Los Molinos, La Parales, Betancuria and finished the day north of Antigua.

Tindaya Plain
Cream-coloured Courser - 3
Lesser Short-toed Lark - 40
Trumpeter Finch - 2
Cory's Shearwater - 10 
Southern Grey Shrike - 1

La Parales/Los Molinos
BLACK-BELLIED SANDGROUSE - 8
Common Sandpiper - 1

Betancuria
African Blue Tit - 8
Grey Wagtail - 1
Ring Ouzel - 1 

Vega de Rio Palmas
BARBARY PARTRIDGE - 1
Fuerteventura Stonechat - 1 male
African Blue Tit - 4
Grey Heron - 1

2km North of Antigua
Houbara Bustard - 5

 Black-bellied Sandgrouse at La Parales
 African Blue Tit at Betancuria
 Barbary Partridge at Vega de Rio Palmas
Houbara Bustard north of Antigua
 Tindaya Plain - Courser country
 looking up the valley towards Betancuria
clouds rolling in above Betancuria