Jayne and I have just back from a lovely week's holiday on Fuerteventura, on the Canary Islands. It's an island I've wanted to visit for many years, as it is home to its own endemic chat, Fuerteventura Chat, as well as some much sort after desert species.
Fuerteventura Chat
We flew out with Jet2, and stayed in the HD Lobos Natura complex (on a self catering basis) in the holiday resort of Corralejo, on the northern most tip of the island. The books used to help find birds were: the Crossbill Nature Guide to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the WildGuides Wildlife of the Canary Islands and Madeira, and, because I'm trying to learn Spanish too, I got hold of a brand new book called Todas las Aves de Canarias.
Whilst there, we hired a car, from CirCar, for 3 days (101 euros), and travelled around the island, recording a total of 45 species, 11 of which were "lifers".
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