New nesting islets for the common tern
The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a small, graceful relative of the gulls, with black-and-white plumage and bright red bill and legs. It is a migratory bird, scarce in Mallorca, rare in Menorca and Formentera and occasional in Ibiza. Terns usually nest…
Reed cutting at s’Albufera with Fundació Maria Ferret scouts
On 16 July, a group of volunteers from the Fundació Maria Ferret (Scouting and Guiding of Mallorca), camping at Poblenou at the foot of Puig de Sant Martí, helped with conservation and maintenance work in the Park. Poblenou is in fact the old farming…
Pollença Bay aboard La Balear
We all know the treasures hidden in s’Albufereta Nature Reserve: glasswort meadows and tamarisks among lagoons, streams and canals that shelter remarkable birds and plants. Foto: Unknown, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 As summer invites you out to sea,…