27 Jan 1989 - Ponta da Piedada

The weather looks too nice for sea-watching today, but we go to the Ponta de Piedade anyway as it is quite close to Quinta da Rocha. There are a few each of Balearic shearwaters, skuas and gannets, lots of herring and lesser black back gulls and one little gull. On land, birds are noticeably in pairs ‑ fan‑tailed and sardinian warblers and stonechats especially. Even the herring gulls on the stacks are standing around in twos. The cliff top vege­tation is dominated by foreigners ‑ prickly pear, century plant, and bermuda buttercup.