Paseo Oramas in La Laguna, Charco del Viento, Pico del Inglés, Cruz del Carmen and Mirador de Jardina, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

We started the day with a sea watch and then returned to the Laural Forests.

Ebird List for Paseo Oramas, La Laguna.

Ebird List for Charco del Viento.

Ebird List for Pico del Inglés.

Ebird List for Cruz del Carmen.

Ebird List for Mirador de Jardina.

 

Rose-ringed Parakeet (Cotorra de Kramer / Psittacula krameri).

Rose-ringed Parakeets (Cotorra de Kramer / Psittacula krameri).

We started the day with a drive over to Charco del Viento to do a Sea Watch, on the way we made an unexpected stop when we heard some Rose-ringed Parakeets (Cotorra de Kramer / Psittacula krameri) as we drove through Urbanization San Diego, so we parked and we walked back and found 4 birds in Garden Palm tree.

We continued on towards Charco del Viento but I over shot the very narrow track down to the coast so we had to go up to the next junction and come back again, on the way we spotted a small local fruit and veg market so we called in and had a walk around it buying a few bits including some very nice cakes which didn't last very long.

European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur).

Looking along the coast.

Ian on a track up to a nearby high point.

Perez’s Sea Lavender (Limonium perezii).

We arrived at the sea watch point adding Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), European Turtle (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) and Eurasian Collared Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and Atlantic Canary (Serin Canario / Serinus canaria) on the way through the fields and green houses, once we were set up on the watch point we saw lots of Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis) and a few Yellow-legged Gull (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis).

Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis).

Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta Canaria / Calonectris diomedea borealis).

We also had loads of the endemic Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia galloti) which were coming out of the many holes in the walls and Perez’s Sea Lavender (Limonium perezii). 

Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia galloti) male.

Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia galloti) male.

Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia galloti) female.

Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia galloti) female.

We drove back pretty much the way we had come but continued on passed the accommodation and back up to Pico del Inglés where we were hoping to get better views of the Laurel Pigeon (Paloma rabiche / Columba junoniae) but they again remained distant but Deb did get a few flight shots.

Laurel Pigeon (Paloma rabiche / Columba junoniae).

Laurel Pigeon (Paloma rabiche / Columba junoniae).

We also saw Plain (Vencejo Unicolor / Apus unicolor) and Pallid Swift (Vencejo Pálido /Apus pallidus), African Blue Tit (Cyanistes Teneriffae / Herrerillo canario), Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum), Canary Islands Chaffinch (Pinzón de Canarias / Fringilla canariensis), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula cabrerae), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Canary Island Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Canario / Phylloscopus canariensis), Canary Speckled Wood (Pararge xiphioides), Canary Blue (Cyclyrius webbianus), Small White (Pieris rapae) and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

Canary Islands Chaffinch (Pinzón de Canarias / Fringilla canariensis) male.

Canary Islands Chaffinch (Pinzón de Canarias / Fringilla canariensis) male.

Canary Islands Chaffinch (Pinzón de Canarias / Fringilla canariensis) female.

Canary Islands Chaffinch (Pinzón de Canarias / Fringilla canariensis) female.

Looking into the Laural Forest at Cruz del Carmen.

After a while we dropped down to Cruz del Carmen but the only new species for the day was Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax) so we again moved on and made our last stop at the Mirador de Jardina where we bought some very nice dried figs and some crumbly almond biscuits, both of which were very nice.

Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo insularum).

We also had good views Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo insularum), Canary Island Chiffchaff, Common Blackbird and Canary Islands Chaffinch.

The view from Mirador de Jardina.

Looking back towards our accommodation from Mirador de Jardina.

We returned to the accommodation for a while and then went out to Hamburguesería Isaac for a few beers and some Crazy Potato's.