What birds do you
want to see? (private tour)

The route of this hike depends on the birds each client wants to see. The hike varies depending on the time of year (winter, fall, spring or summer) and selected birds. The up to date knowledge of the birds present in Menorca throughout the year allows us to find the birds quickly and with a high percentage of success. Check the list of birds of Menorca below and let us find the birds you want to see.
• Price: 1 person 140 € // 2 people 200€ // 3 people 260€ // 4 people 320€
• Includes: Menorcan ornithologist guide, binoculars (if lost or forgotten), group telescope, Menorcan picnic and insurance.
• Maximum groups: private tour 6 people maximum (bigger groups, please consult).

A. Resident species

All year

Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Gadwall Anas strepera	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Pochard Aythya ferina	Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa	Quail Coturnix coturnix
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Grey Heron Ardea cinerea	Red Kite Milvus milvus	Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
Booted Eagle Aquila pennata	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Peregrine Falco peregrinus
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus	Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio	Coot Fulica atra
Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus	Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	Yellow-legged Gull Larus michaellis	Rock Dove Columba livia
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus	Collared Turtle Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Barn Owl Tyto alba	Scops Owl Otus scops
Lon-eared Owl Asio otus	Hoopoe Upupa epops	Thekla Lark Galerida tecklae	Stonechat Saxicola torquata
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius	Black Bird Turdus merula	Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti	Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis
Moustached Warbler Acroceph. melanopogon	Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata	Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus	Great Tit Parus major	Raven Corvus corax	Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Greenfinch Carduelis chloris	Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Linnet Carduelis cannabina	Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra

B. Summer species

Approx. from 1st May to 1st September

Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	Black-wined Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Audouin’s Gull Larus audouinii	Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur	Cuckoo Cuculus canorus	Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Swift Apus apus	Pallid Swift Apus pallidus	Alpine Swift Apus melba	Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Short-toed Lark Calandre. brachydactila	Swallow Hirundo rustica	House Martin Delichon urbicum	Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos	Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Great Reed Warbler Acroceph. arundinaceus	Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata
Spotted Flycatcher Muscic. striata balearica	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator badius

C. Winter species

Approx. from 15th October to 1st April

Greylag Goose Anser anser	Wigeon Anas penelope	Teal Anas crecca	Pintail Anas acuta
Shoveler Anas clypeata	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	Gannet Morus bassanus	Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	Great White Heron Egretta alba
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Black Kite Milvus migrant	Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	Sparrow Hawk Accipiter nisus	Buzzard Buteo buteo	Merlin Falco columbarius
Crane Grus grus	Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Snipe Gallinago gallinago	Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola	Redshank Tringa totanus	Greenshank Tringa nebularia	Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis	Barn Owl Asio flammeus
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	Wryneck Jynx torquilla	Skylark Alauda arvensis	Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta	Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea	White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	Robin Erithacus rubecula
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros	Fieldfare Turdus pilaris	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Redwing Turdus iliacus	Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus	Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus	Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	Serin Serinus serinus
Siskin Carduelis spinus	Hawfinch Coccoth. coccothraustes	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus

D. Migrant species

Approx. from 1st April to 31th May or/and from 15th August to 15th October

Garganey Anas querquedula	Bittern Botaurus stellaris	Little Bittern Ixobrychus Minutus	Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Grey Heron Ardea cinerea	Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	White Stork Ciconia ciconia	Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus	Black Kite Milvus migrant	Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	Pallid Harrier Circus pygargus	Red-footed Falcon Falco naumanni
Lesser Kestrel Falco vespertinus	Hobby Falco subbuteo	Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae	Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
Little Crake Porzana parva	Spooted Crake Porzana porzana	Crane Grus grus	Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Little Ringed plover Charadrius dubius
Grey Plover Pluvialis apricaria	Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Little Stint Calidris minutus
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii	Sanderling Calidris alba	Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Curlew Numenius arquata
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	Redshank Tringa totanus	Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Greenshank Tringa nebularia	Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephala
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	Little Tern Sterna albifrons	Black Tern Chlidonias niger	Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur	Cuckoo Cuculus canorus	Alpine swift Apus melba	Swift Apus apus
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus	Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	Bee-eater Merops apiaster	Roller Coracias garrulus
Skylark Alauda arvensis	Short-toed Lark Calandrel.  brachydactyla	Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris	Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica	Swallow Hirundo rustica	House Martin Delichon urbicum	Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis	Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Dunnock Prunella modularis	Robin Erithacus rubecula	Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros	Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Whinchat Saxicola rubetra	Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	Rufous Warbler Cercotrichas galactotes	Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis	Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Grasshopper Warble Locustella naevia	Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides	Sedge warbler Acrocep Schoenobaenus
Reed Warbler Acrocep. Scirpaceus	Great Reed Warbler Acrocep Arundinaceus	Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglota	Olivaceus Warbler Hippolais opaca
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina	Subalpine warbler Sylvia Cantillans	Marmora’s warbler Sylvia sarda	Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata
Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis	Whitethroat Sylvia communis	Garden Warbler Sylvia borin	Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli	Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Yellow-browed Warble Phylloscopus inornatus	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Golden oriole Oriolus oriolus	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator	Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus

• Most of winter and summer birds can also be seen during the spring and/or fall migration.