- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: GOVERN DE LES ILLES BALEARS; 1st edition (2009)
- ISBN-10: 8461357930
- ISBN-13: 978-8461357932
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 252,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Provides details of 17 sites and 26 itineraries. Notes on 240 species with details of notable endemics. Species list and status and list of birds on the Majorcan rarities. Colour photographs, maps, 128pp.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
You only have to visit the British Birdwatching Fair to see how the world's tourist boards have recognized the value of birdwatching tourism. For many of us Majorca was the place where we enjoyed our first foreign birding trip, and although I spend three months of the year searching for birds in the tropics I still try to fit in a weekend break to Majorca. The birding is usually good, and the sites are easy to access.
This book has been produced by the local birders in Majorca and translated into English by Nick Riddiford, who lives on the island. Details are given to 17 sites across the island with clear annotated maps to maximize you chances of having a successful visit. Key species are listed for each site and the text provides plenty of suggestions on when and how to plan your visit. The book has good colour photographs throughout, and it is pleasing to see the care that has been taken to ensure that everything is correctly labeled. (Although a White Wagtail is shown as Pied Wagtail - the latter being a vagrant to the island). An alphabetical list of 240 potential species is given with a chart to indicating the chance of seeing them at each site. Maybe some people like having an alphabetical list - but I'm not one of them! This also includes a number of vagrants mentioned in the book (such as Greater Yellowlegs and Snow Finch) which may confuse some people, particularly as a separate list of vagrants is also given (not in alphabetical order!).
Given that tourist boards such as Catalonia and the Philippines have produced similar guides for free I think some birders will be surprised that they have to pay for this book. However it provides all the information you need, and will be a valuable tool for a first-time visitor.
Keith Betton
This book has been produced by the local birders in Majorca and translated into English by Nick Riddiford, who lives on the island. Details are given to 17 sites across the island with clear annotated maps to maximize you chances of having a successful visit. Key species are listed for each site and the text provides plenty of suggestions on when and how to plan your visit. The book has good colour photographs throughout, and it is pleasing to see the care that has been taken to ensure that everything is correctly labeled. (Although a White Wagtail is shown as Pied Wagtail - the latter being a vagrant to the island). An alphabetical list of 240 potential species is given with a chart to indicating the chance of seeing them at each site. Maybe some people like having an alphabetical list - but I'm not one of them! This also includes a number of vagrants mentioned in the book (such as Greater Yellowlegs and Snow Finch) which may confuse some people, particularly as a separate list of vagrants is also given (not in alphabetical order!).
Given that tourist boards such as Catalonia and the Philippines have produced similar guides for free I think some birders will be surprised that they have to pay for this book. However it provides all the information you need, and will be a valuable tool for a first-time visitor.
Keith Betton
Great to see Spanish birders created this wonderful guide.
Son Real was real fine. Excellent staff and facilities.
Eddie Watkinson would be proud.
Son Real was real fine. Excellent staff and facilities.
Eddie Watkinson would be proud.
This book concentrates too much on walking! ....I have never understood why we in the UK are obsessed with walking to watch birds!! Birding in Mallorca can be good...it can also be over 30 degrees C!!!
The seasons in the book are not well defined, making it difficult to judge whether when is Autumn or Spring????
The seasons in the book are not well defined, making it difficult to judge whether when is Autumn or Spring????
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