Two new Canary Islands in 2025

I didn't see all the exotic birds I was hoping to, but a few new ones and some familiar island and ocean birds.Berthelot's pipit wasn't neu, I saw them 2022 in La Gomera; but they're everywhere and entertaining. A total of 23 species is included.
12 February 2025 Fuerteventura - 14 February 2025 Fuerteventura - 16 February 2025 Fuerteventura - 19 February 2025 Fuerteventura - 20 February 2025 Fuerteventura - 22 February 2025 Fuerteventura - 23 February 2025 Fuerteventura - 25 February 2025 Lanzarote - 26 February 2025 Lanzarote - 27 February 2025 Lanzarote - 01 March 2025 Lanzarote

12 February 2025 Fuerteventura:

Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)🐦


MerlinBirdID meint Mittelmeermöwe, indem Fall zweites Winterkleid mit dunklem Schnabel, Unterseiteder Flügel heller als 1er W. 2025-02-12 18:15:44 Fuerteventura

14 February 2025 Fuerteventura:

Mallard / Stockente (Anas platyrhynchos)🐦


Mallard ducks - even on Fuertaventura. 2025-02-14 16:01:52 Fuerteventura

Canary islands stonechat / Kanarenschmätzer (Saxicola dacotiae)🐦


Fuertaventura stonechat, first endemic bird seen on Fuertaventura. 2025-02-14 16:18:52 Fuerteventura

Background - fish in the rare fresh water stream on Fuertaventura.



2025-02-14 16:27:28 Fuerteventura Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 800
Exposure 1/400

Ruddy shelduck / Rostgans (Tadorna ferruginea)🐦


Ruddy shelduck in flight. 2025-02-14 16:37:13 Fuerteventura

Rock dove / Felsentaube (Columba livia)🐦


Rock dove nesting near the brook. 2025-02-14 16:42:55 Fuerteventura

Ruddy shelduck / Rostgans (Tadorna ferruginea)🐦


Ruddy shelduck pair in flight. 2025-02-14 16:51:39 Fuerteventura

Background - goats are the animal you'll see on farms in Lanzarote.



2025-02-14 16:54:08 Lanzarote Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 7.625
ISO 125
Exposure 1/200

Background - it was a nice walk!



2025-02-14 16:56:07 Fuerteventura Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 7
ISO 100
Exposure 1/125


We were there the last day that the nature preserve was open, and you saw the ravens building their nests, which is why it would be closed. 2025-02-14 16:56:36 Fuerteventura Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 69/8
ISO 100
Exposure 1/400


Better picture of the raven. 2025-02-14 16:57:14 Fuerteventura Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 69/8
ISO 100
Exposure 1/400

Background - a beautiful walk!



2025-02-14 17:13:53 Fuerteventura Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.375
ISO 100
Exposure 1/320


Raven's nest. 2025-02-14 17:27:33 Fuerteventura Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 7.625
ISO 250
Exposure 1/200

Rock dove / Felsentaube (Columba livia)🐦


Rock pigeons nest here too - and they're beautiful in flight. 2025-02-14 17:28:36 Fuerteventura

Muscovy duck / Moschusente (Cairina moschata)🐦


These Muscovy ducks are the ones that gather by the parking area. 2025-02-14 18:00:39 Fuerteventura


I believe the female Muscovy ducks are mostly white - in the middle you can see the red face, which is never white. All have the distinct orange feet. 2025-02-14 18:09:27 Fuerteventura

Stonechat / Schwarzkehlchen (Saxicola rubicola)🐦


Yet another stonechat. 2025-02-14 18:41:41 Fuerteventura

Berthelot's pipit / Kanarenpieper (Anthus berthelotii)🐦


Berthelot's pipits have wonderful orange legs. 2025-02-14 18:42:53 Fuerteventura

16 February 2025 Fuerteventura:

Grey heron / Graureiher (Ardea cinerea)🐦


Graureiher mit Highlander. 2025-02-16 14:50:51 Fuerteventura


Highlander mit Graureiher. 2025-02-16 14:50:51 Fuerteventura

Northern lapwing / Kiebitz (Vanellus vanellus)🐦


Kiebitz. 2025-02-16 14:50:54 Fuerteventura

Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)🐦


Probably yellow-legged gull. 2025-02-16 14:51:01 Fuerteventura

Background - Highlander.



2025-02-16 15:09:15 Fuerteventura Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 9.625
ISO 2000
Exposure 1/800

Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)🐦


Lachmöwen. 2025-02-16 15:11:13 Fuerteventura

Northern lapwing / Kiebitz (Vanellus vanellus)🐦


Kiebitz. 2025-02-16 15:13:20 Fuerteventura

Great cormorant / Kormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo)🐦


Kormoran mit Lachnöwen. 2025-02-16 15:14:24 Fuerteventura

Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)🐦


Lachmöwe. 2025-02-16 15:15:36 Fuerteventura

Northern lapwing / Kiebitz (Vanellus vanellus)🐦


Kiebitz-Paar im Flug. 2025-02-16 15:21:17 Fuerteventura

Common sandpiper / Flussuferläufer (Actitis hypoleucos)🐦


Common sandpiper - I took better pictures! 2025-02-16 15:23:23 Fuerteventura

Northern lapwing / Kiebitz (Vanellus vanellus)🐦


Kiebitze im Flug. 2025-02-16 15:23:23 Fuerteventura


Kiebitz. 2025-02-16 15:23:46 Fuerteventura

Grey heron / Graureiher (Ardea cinerea)🐦


Dieser Graureiher hat einen Fisch gefangen. 2025-02-16 15:23:46 Fuerteventura


Graureiher mit Fisch. 2025-02-16 15:23:48 Fuerteventura

White wagtail / Bachstelze (Motacilla alba)🐦


Bachstelze. 2025-02-16 15:23:52 Fuerteventura

Little ringed plover / Flussregenpfeifer (Charadrius dubius)🐦


Flussregenpfeifer. 2025-02-16 15:25:22 Fuerteventura


Flussregenpfeifer. 2025-02-16 15:29:48 Fuerteventura

Background - Schöner Alpenblick.



2025-02-16 15:33:18 Fuerteventura

19 February 2025 Fuerteventura:

Western cattle egret / Kuhreiher (Ardea ibis)🐦


Cattle egret. 2025-02-19 16:04:27 Fuerteventura

20 February 2025 Fuerteventura:

Hadada ibis / Hagedasch (Bostrychia hagedash)🐦


Hadada ibis. 2025-02-20 10:32:04 Fuerteventura


Hadada ibis and cattle egret, I believe. 2025-02-20 10:32:59 Fuerteventura

Ruddy turnstone / Steinwälzer (Arenaria interpres)🐦


Ruddy turnstone. 2025-02-20 18:25:15 Fuerteventura


Two ruddy turnstones. 2025-02-20 18:27:49 Fuerteventura


Ruddy turnstone on February 20 photographed with phone. 2025-02-20 18:54:34 Fuerteventura

22 February 2025 Fuerteventura:

Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)🐦


Yellow-legged gull pair - they mate for life, and these were singing or calling together! 2025-02-22 19:04:19 Fuerteventura

23 February 2025 Fuerteventura:

Background - lizard looking for food and water on Isla de Los Lobos.



2025-02-23 14:11:55 Fuerteventura Galaxy S24 Ultra Shutter speed 1/532
ISO 32
Exposure 1/532

Rock dove / Felsentaube (Columba livia)🐦


MerlinBirdID says rock doves on Isla de losLobos. 2025-02-23 17:13:23 Fuerteventura

Grey heron / Graureiher (Ardea cinerea)🐦


Graureiher überraschend gesehen abends am Hafen, Fuertaventura. 2025-02-23 20:32:59 Fuerteventura

25 February 2025 Lanzarote:

Whimbrel / Regenbrachvogel (Numenius phaeopus)🐦


Whimbrel at x. 2025-02-25 10:29:04 Lanzarote

Spanish sparrow / Weidensperling (Passer hispaniolensis)🐦


Spanish sparrow on the beheaded fake bird near our apartment in x. 2025-02-25 10:31:34 Lanzarote


Spanish sparrow with a nest two doors down from our apartment in xx. 2025-02-25 10:31:43 Lanzarote

Pallid swift / Fahlsegler (Apus pallidus)🐦


Pallid swift at xx, Lanzarota. 2025-02-25 11:41:29 Lanzarote

Background - blind snails in art cave at x.



2025-02-25 13:31:51 Lanzarote Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 5.375
ISO 6400
Exposure 1/40

Spanish sparrow / Weidensperling (Passer hispaniolensis)🐦


Spanish sparrow found something to eat - bread? 2025-02-25 13:53:21 Lanzarote

26 February 2025 Lanzarote:

Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)🐦


Yellow-legged gull on the ocean - black beak tip means - what exactly? 2025-02-26 15:19:16 Lanzarote

Western cattle egret / Kuhreiher (Ardea ibis)🐦


Cattle egret am Meer in x. 2025-02-26 17:18:29 Lanzarote


Cattle egret am Meer in x. 2025-02-26 18:28:25 Lanzarote

27 February 2025 Lanzarote:

Stonechat / Schwarzkehlchen (Saxicola rubicola)🐦


Ruddy stonechat in xx. 2025-02-27 11:43:59 Lanzarote

Background - the ferocious ferry.



2025-02-27 15:00:28 Lanzarote Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.375
ISO 200
Exposure 1/320

Egyptian vulture / Schmutzgeier (Neophron percnopterus)🐦


An Egyptian vulture seen at. 2025-02-27 16:29:36 Lanzarote

Background - Anna talks with her mother from our last residence on Lanzarote.



2025-02-27 20:10:37 Lanzarote Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 7.625
ISO 100
Exposure 1/200

01 March 2025 Lanzarote:

Rock bunting / Zippammer (Emberiza cia)🐦


Rock bunting, Aetna. 2025-03-01 11:17:04 Lanzarote

Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)🐦


I counted 90 yellow-legged gulls, I presume contemplating a migration further north. 2025-03-01 14:17:04 Lanzarote

Hellgrüner Schmetterling auf Lanzarote bei Timanfaya. 2025-03-01 18:22:25 Lanzarote


Brauner Schmetterling auf Lanzarote. 2025-03-01 18:24:57 Lanzarote