Spanish Trip Report from Mick
Spain including Majorca Trip Report - Spanish Nature – 5th April to 20th April 2008 Majorca – Extremadura – Doñana – Ronda – Granada Trip Report Author – Mick Richardson www.spanishnature.com Day One 5th April 2008. Salinas de Levante, Colonia San Jordi and Salinas Colonia San Jordi. Weather: Bright and sunny but windy later. After a swift and eventless pick up at Palma airport the five of us headed out south west via Campos to Salinas de Levante, an area of working and disused saltpans. We first parked just off the main road to Colonia San Jordi and walked down what is still known as Eddies Track (After Eddie Watkinson who first regularly watched the area). Just passed the buildings the first birds seen were a pair of Thekla Larks feeding on a rough field, other birds seen on the fields included European Stonechat, Barn Swallow, Corn Bunting, European Serin and European Greenfinch. We then moved out into the saltpans, most of which are disused along this track. The sides of the pans