Birding in Mallorca, October 2014
We flew out to Mallorca on the 29th September arriving in Palma where we stayed for four days. We didn’t do any birding there but some friends drove us north from Palma over the mountains and down to Port de Pollenca and during this drive we had great sightings of Black Vultures (Aegypius monachus) in the vicinity of Lluc Monastery high in the mountains. This is apparently the hot spot for this species.
Our hotel in Port de Pollenca was the Hoposa Uyal Hotel. which had the advantage of being only a couple of miles from S’Alufereta nature reserve which was our first birding opportunity there.