Tenerife, Spain ~ 28th Feb - 2nd Mar '25

Tenerife, Spain

Flew out from Gatwick on the 28th February landing at nearly 5pm at Tenerife South and with an hour of daylight remaining I went to the golf course to try for the parakeets before driving north for an hour to Garachico where my apartment  was for the next two nights ..

1st March

First stop was Mirador Lomo Molino in recent days both pigeons have been seen here and Bolle's Pigeon were easily seen with 11 birds showing well ..

I tried a few other sites like The Water Mountain Trail near Erjos which produced more Bolle's before an hours drive to Corona Forest recreational area with a loose flock of 18 Tenerife Blue Chaffinch .. 

2nd March

Again first stop was Mirador Lomo Molino finding 21 Bolle's Pigeon and 3 Laurel Pigeon ..

I had plans to go up to Las Lajas on my way back towards the airport but with success yesterday with Blue Chaffinch I tried again for Nanday Parakeet at Golf Las Americas ..

I managed 35 species for the trip concentrating mainly on target birds .... Bolle's Pigeon, Laurel Pigeon, Tenerife Blue Chaffinch and Nanday Parakeet ..

Notable species Canary Islands Chiffchaff, Common Kestrel, Canary Islands Chaffinch, European Robin, African Blue Tit, Common Buzzard and Great Spotted Woodpecker ..

Didn't see Tenerife Goldcrest ..

Other notables were Atlantic Canary, Eurasian Spoonbill, Plain Swift, Cory's Shearwater, African Collared Dove and Ruddy Shelduck ..