Valencia/Alicante - ‘Parc Forestral De Granadella’ August 06
This was a family holiday to the area between Valencia/Alicante. We were staying next to an area known as the ‘Parc Forestral De Granadella’ about 10km’s from Xabia. The main habitat was coastal scrub, cliffs and forest completely surrounded and being encroached by tourist housing – very depressing!
Multimap link to ‘Parc Forestral De Granadella’ - http://www.multimap.com/map/browse....=361&down.y=421
Anyway, I visited the area most mornings and saw the following;
Birds
Bee-eater – common with largest flock of c10 birds
Sardinian Warbler – very common
Turtle Dove – max count 2, seen most days
Goldfinch – max count c20
Blackbird – common in small numbers
Great Grey Shrike – Max count 3
Olivaceus Warbler 2 birds seen on 16/08/06
Spotted Flycatcher – very common with max ‘flock’ size of 4
Stonechat – max count 5
Black-eared Wheatear – Max count 3
Black Wheatear – on cliff edge, seen every day
Crossbill - 2 fem 1 juv
Pallid Swift – possibly 2 birds seen – not easy!
Common Swift – constant passage of birds , maximum count c50 birds
Crested Lark – 5-6 birds daily
Woodpigeon – passage birds max count 10 – 15 birds
Long-tailed Tit – c15
Swallow – common
Craig Martin – 6 birds on cliff edge
Dartford Warbler – single birds
Orphean Warbler – 1 male seen on 19/8/06
Kestrel – 1
Blue Rock Thrush – seen on cliff edge
Creasted Tit – common
Black Redstart – 2
Chiffchaff – 1 on 23/8/06
Greenfinch
Peregrine – 2
Red-rumped Swallow – 1 bird on 23/08/06
Yellow-legged Gull – common on cliff edge
Raven – 2 on 24/8/06
Eagle sp. – one eagle seen very briefly on 24/08/06 would have been Bonelli’s but I didn’t see it long enough to get a good look!
Dragonflies
Red-veined Darter – v common
Desert Darter
Lesser Emperor
Pictures Parc Forestral De Granadella, Desert Darter and Red-Viened Darter