Ferry from Las Palmas on Gran Canaria to Morro Jable on Fuerteventura and Morro Jable, La Oliva on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.

Transferring to Fuerteventura.

Deb and Ian, Day Twenty Three. 

Ebird List for Las Palmas - Morro Jable ferry. 

Ebird List for Morro Jable. 

Ebird List for La Oliva. 

 

We left the accommodation and headed up to the Port in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria where I dropped Deb and Ian off with the kit before going into town to drop the car off, this turned out to be a bit of an experience I do not want to repeat.

I found the office but nowhere to park so on my third loop I just stuck it up on the pavement and went i and got some directions for a nearby car park where I had to drop the car off at.

The car park was by far the hardest, steepest and tightest I have ever encountered but I eventually got a parking space and then dropped the keys off and walked back to the Port. 

We got onto the ferry for Fuerteventura but it wasn't as good as the last one as there was only a very small outside area and the smokers were all there so we just watched through some not so clean windows but we did see several Bulwer's Petrels (Petrel de Bulwer / Bulweria bulwerii), Cory's Shearwaters (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis), Common Tern (Charrán Común / Sterna hirundo) and Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis).

We got to Morro Jable port on Fuerteventura where Deb picked up a couple of Peregrine / Barbary Falcons (Halcón Peregrino de Berbería / Falco peregrinus ssp pelegrinoides) up over the cliffs above the Port.

I was picked up by one of the Cicar staff and taken up into town where I got the car and went back for Deb and Ian, whilst doing this I saw two Hadada Ibis (Ibis Hadada / Bostrychia hagedash) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis).

I went back to the Port and picked Deb and Ian up and we headed to our accommodation which was up at the other end of the island in the Vallebrón near La Oliva, on the way we saw our first Ruddy Shelducks (Tarro Canelo / Tadorna ferruginea) and a group of Trumpeter Finches (Camachuelo Trompetero / Bucanetes githagineus) on the way.

We arrived and we were met by the owner who showed us around and explained thing which was very helpful.

The accommodation was great and we were soon settled in and sat out on the terrace with a beer.