What a place! S'Albufera wetland is simply beautiful and breath taking. It was great to have a holiday so near to this wonder. I was able to combine a normal holiday with morning trips to the park. Catch the 324 Iberostar bus for a couple of stops and you arrive at the park entrance.
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On the way
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Walking down the canal the most common bird in the scrub is the Nightingale, there are so many, it is really surprising especially coming from England where they are so uncommon.
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| Nightingale in full song |
Along the canal you come to a roust of Egrets and Night Herons. They are on the far side of the canal.
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| Night Heron in the roust |
From the hides on the left side of the Visitor Centre there are many wetland birds over the vast expanse.
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| Purple Gallinule |
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| Black Winged Stilt |
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| Marsh Harriers |
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| Purple Heron |
Just wait around and there is always the next thing turning up to be observed.
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| The exhibition building |
There was excitement all around and it is such a brilliant place to enjoy nature photography and just so many opportunities.
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| It was well worth carry the big lens! |
Carrying on around there is a opening where you can see the unusual Red Knobbed coot. I have never seen these anywhere else.
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| Red Knobbed Coot |
Why they have developed these unusual features is beyond me. But they do make them attractive and different to get a few images.
Then it was over the canal to the "Bishops Hides" where there are quite a few breeding waders to be seen and photographed from the public hides.
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| The main canal through the reserve |
Along the woodland paths to the hides. There are plenty of nesting birds to observe at a safe distance from the hides.
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| Nesting Stone Curlew |
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| Kentish Plover attending to its eggs |
All this makes for a great wildlife morning and combined with being next to the beautiful resort of Alcudia this is an ideal place for a combined holiday. I can thoroughly recommend it.
Even on the way home there was a regular Hoopoe in the park opposite the hotel.
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| Hoopoe what a bird |
Now for lunch at the luxurious hotel.
Hi Phil, yes it's a cracking place, & as you say, on the bus from Porta Polenca, easy peasy.
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