I got a good flight & car deal with British Airways, then an apartment with Booking.com which all came to £280 could of even had a cheaper deal with a hotel further from my main location saving £60 but location and restaurants etc was worth the extra staying in Villaverde ..
The plan was to stay mainly in the northern part around Tindaya and photograph the desert species which I did have success at up to a point, and this was hindered by being overcast in the mornings & evenings ..
Actually finding the birds, knowing they are in the area was hard enough and then needing them close to the tracks when the light was good proved even more difficult ..
Area's that I tried were ..
Tindaya, morning & evening everyday ..
Barranco de la Muley, Salinas del Carmen, Barranco Puerto de los Molinos, Embalse de los Molinos, Barranco Esquinzo, Corralejo PNat ..
Fuerteventura Stonechat was easy at Barranco Puerto de los Molinos with a pair next to the car park with a convenient restaurant here as well ..
From here instead of going back on the main road I suggest taking the track which goes up literally beside the restaurant and eventually crosses Tindaya, the track runs through stepped areas that are worked either side of the track with at least 4+ more pairs of Chats ..
The last evening was beautiful light and I drove all the main tracks on Tindaya finding nothing close so drove tracks out west towards the coast but still no luck ..
Really enjoyable long weekend and one I would easily do again, cheap and a good calendar filler in between trips ..
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