We went through Tamri and the inevitable Police check-points to the north side of the town and searched for the rare Bald ibis. They were nowhere to be seen but Bulbuls chatted away in the bushes and White Stork wheeled overhead to land in the valleys. Common Kestrel hunted along the roadside and a Black-crowned Tchagra was seen coming out of the bushes and flew quickly into the lower branches of another bush.
After returning to the south of Tamri, we found an area where we watched Spectacled and Sardinian Warblers with Chiffchaff for some time in some dense bushes and undergrowth.
Deciding to drive back along the coast and through Tamri in the late afternoon didn't disappoint, as we watched a group of 32 Bald-Ibis wheel across the road and land in some fields.

This was great to see! Not only so many of these endangered birds together, but to watch their flight and compare them with Glossy Ibis in southern Spain. These birds are truly enigmatic and it was wonderful to watch them root for grubs, vegetation and insects.         Continue